Re: Drive detection code.

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From: Dave Kirsch
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 1990 00:04

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In article <2100@cod.NOSC.MIL> bmarsh@cod.NOSC.MIL (William C. Marsh) writes:
> 
> In article <3081@mindlink.UUCP> a563@mindlink.UUCP (Dave Kirsch) writes:
> >There was some code posted to this group on obtaining whether a drive is
> >actually accessable or not (i.e. the DOS call setdrive may return 5 drives,
> but
> >in actual fact there is 4).
> >
> >Anyone got this code?  Would appreciate it if you could mail me a copy.
> 
> Here is a simple function I have used to detect valid drives.  It will
> work under DOS 3.X and higher, using the IOCTL function to detect
> removable/fixed disks.
> 
> [ code deleted ]

I was hoping for one that ran under DOS 2.0 and later.  Anyone got one that
will work under DOS 2?
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