Finding out the type of drive

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From: Timothy Tin-Wai Chan
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 07:48

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For all you IBM gurus:

     Given a drive number (e.g. 1=A, 2=B, etc.), is there a way to find out
*exactly* what type of drive it is?  The code must not only distinguish between
floppy and fixed drisk drives of different sizes, but also has to point out
RAMDisks, External disks, Remote disks, and logical drives created by the
SUBST command (are there any other types that can be assigned to a drive
number)?

P.S. I'm a C programmer.

-- 
"I am immersed in sadness and joy                        | Timothy T. Chan
 and your touch brings me pain                           | gideon@cs.utexas.edu
 but your tears, Lord                                    | Dept. of CS
 wash all the shame away"        -- Sean Colletta (1991) | U of Texas at Austin

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From: gideon@cs.utexas.edu (Timothy Tin-Wai Chan)
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