Trapping DOS error message

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From: Jon Meltzer
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1987 17:00

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I need a way to trap the error message

"Insert diskette for drive A: and strike
 any key when ready"

that appears on single floppy-drive machines.

Any suggestions?

Jon Meltzer
Dept. of Modern Languages and Linguistics
Cornell University
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Subject: Trapping DOS error message
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Date: Fri, 9-Jan-87 12:00:47 EST
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