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Allen Te <pcdirect@pacific.net.sg> wrote:

>I've seen a few programs that are actually able to detect
>a hard-disk's brand/model.
>Eg,  Conners AP540, Maxtor MT1200 etc....  

>Is that possible using some interrupts? Can someone give
>me some source for doing that?

It's not possible with any standard interrupt services -- it's too
specialized to bother to implement as some kind of an operating system
API function. You would have to go into I/O ports that control the
hard disk directly. 

Actually, I lie. You can do it through the API functions in SCSI
device drivers, I believe. In IDE, you have to implement the port
accesses yourself. I think I got some source code here, but it'll take
some time for me to rummage around on how to do it. 

In the meantime, if somebody else can come up with the sources, then I
can stop my rummaging, and I can use yours. :-) In other words, don't
hold your breath on whether I can find the source code quickly.

					Yousuf Khan