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Date: | Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:53:43 +0100 (MET) |
From: | Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> |
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Subject: | Re: RESEND: Patch to computer st_blksize in struct stat |
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Martin Stromberg wrote: > > > Is a ZIP disk a floppy? > > It's not a floppy. > > AFAIU, the special treatment for floppies was reserved for drives A: and > B: only. Good plan, but note that ATAPI ZIP drives will turn out on drive letter B:, usually, if the BIOS supports them. Same for LS-drives. I.e. going by the driver letter alone, you would think a typical current ZIP drive is a floppy, and that's clearly wrong. -- Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de) Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.
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