Re: Notice diskchange

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From: DJ Delorie
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1991 13:11

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> How can I make my program aware that a diskette
> has been removed from a drive, and a new one
> inserted instead?

There is a special error code that the BIOS returns that is used for
this.  It reports a "diskette changed" error for the first operation
attempted on a diskette that's just been changed.

DJ
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