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Article #3620Re: Volume numbers in MSDOS 5.0 ???
From: Richard M. Hartman
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 18:09
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 18:09
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I think they are pseudo-random using the time of formatting as a seed, but don't count on it. The main thing is that it is statistically unlikely that one user will run across two disketts w/ the same volume #, but you may run across many with the same (or no) volume name. Installation programs may make use of these #s to ensure that the diskette hasn't been swapped between reads or writes. You could also use that information for some sort of security key. However, I am not aware of any programs that currently make use of that number, so it is mainly potential in it's usefulness. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Between the silence of the mountains | and the crashing of the sea | -Richard Hartman there lies a land I once lived in | hartman@uLogic.COM and she's waiting there for me. |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!netcomsv!ulogic!hartman From: hartman@ulogic.UUCP (Richard M. Hartman) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Volume numbers in MSDOS 5.0 ??? Message-ID: <818@ulogic.UUCP> Date: 7 Jan 93 18:09:24 GMT References: <1992Dec29.155749.11621@daimi.aau.dk> Organization: negligable Lines: 19