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Old 05-15-2002, 03:41 AM   #1
Shirley
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Red face how to detect floppy presence


Hello.
I am trying to write a program to detect whether the floppy is in the drive.
Does anyone know how this detection can be done?
 
Old 05-15-2002, 07:14 AM   #2
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Get mtools and/or auto/supermount (i don't know the names exactly).

HTH,

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