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In article <4j7m0g$lp6@centaur.achilles.net>,
Yousuf Khan <ykhan@achilles.net> wrote:
>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. 

It's not too difficult at all from what I remember, just a matter of
setting the drive up to do a read and then reading off the information
block.

one thing though, how do you tell what irq line / port address the 
controller(s) are running off in an EIDE system? I was pondering
on that one a while back and couldn't come up with a good answer...

(what I really need is a way of telling which is the primary and 
which is the secondary controller)

(email would be great if anyone can come up with a good answer,
 I'm *still* stuck accessing the 'net at the colossal rate of 
2400 baud... :)

cheers

Jules

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