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RE: [MiNT] getmntent

To: mint@fishpool.com
Subject: RE: [MiNT] getmntent
From: Frank Naumann <fnaumann@prinz-atm.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 12:42:25 +0200
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9909241217290.6393-100000@proxy.sophics>
Sender: owner-mint@fishpool.com

Hi!

> Is there any way how to make the check of empty drive faster? BTW I
> thought all drives with removable medias contain a hardware detection that
> allow them to report "empty" state even without seeking with the heads for
> several seconds. Any chance our harddisk drivers wouldn't use such
> information?

If you go through BIOS there is no chance.


Tschuess
   ...Frank

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