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Re: ADTPro/OSX success!

Subject: Re: ADTPro/OSX success!
From: Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:29:00 +0100
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Ingo Soetebier wrote:

> How can I be sure, that the "INIT HELLO" command creates a 5,25" disk
> and no 3,5" disk or even worse, erases the harddisk?

Because DOS 3.3 knows nothing about 3,5" disks or hard disks, it can't
talk to their controllers at all, so it can't tell them to erase
anything. And the dump that you sent already includes the information
that the current disk is Slot 6, Drive 1, which is the 5.25" disk.

-- 
Linards Ticmanis

References:
- ADTPro/OSX success!
  - From: Antares <zero@nada.net>
- Re: ADTPro/OSX success!
  - From: Ingo Soetebier <ingo.soetebier@web.de>

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