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In article <Jun.17.11.48.11.1991.497@khazad-dum.rutgers.edu> gasior@khazad-dum.rutgers.edu (Eric Gasior) writes:
)I'm upgrading to MSDOS 5.0 from PCDOS 3.30 and have (so far) discovered one
)feature I'd like to disable, the volume serial number on floppy and hard disks.
 
)Any suggestions?

Don't mess with it.  The volume serial number has been added so dos can handle
an unexpected media change. (swapping diskettes in the drive at the wrong
time.)   The info is actually store in the boot sector and it takes up
space that use to be dead space at the end of the sector.
 
)EDG
 
)gasior@hardees.rutgers.edu


 
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