olsen@eecs.nwu.edu (Jeff S. Olsen) (12/06/89)
I have written a program to read Microport Unix filesystems from floppy (ls, cat, cp) but I am having problems with reading high density disks. It seems that if I place a high density disk in the high density drive, it wants to read it as a double density disk. I have tried using the int 13h service 17h (set disk type for format) and have had limited success. If the disk drive is opened between each run, then setting the format works properly; however, if it is not, then the second call fails. Is there a specific approach to "disk type in drive type" detection that someone could share with me? Any response in appreciated, however direct e-mail is preferred. I will post a summary if I get a working solution. The program is not for commercial purposes, if that makes any difference. Thanks, Jeff Olsen olsen@eecs.nwu.edu