Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/2001/01/08/02:08:43
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Peter J. Farley III wrote:
> At 08:03 PM 1/7/01 +0100, Martin Str|mberg wrote:
> <Snipped>
> >This is really strange. Both the recently compiled df and df from
> >fil316b.zip ought to pick the data from INT21 AX=1510, which ought to
> >be the same.
>
> I can't explain it either. I did some further testing with the cvs
> version of ststfs.c and the private version provided in the fil316s.zip
> file on simtel, and both report the AX1510 value, which on my system
> are wrong (at least, not the same as AX7303).
But df from fil316b.zip also uses 2F1510, so how come it gives a
different value? Did you try to see what values does the version of
statfs in fil316s.zip return?
> >The problem is the block size. If you have a CDROM it has block size
> >2048 and nothing else. If you see a different block size that is a
> >lie.
>
> Yes, but if the AX7303 values are correct (when re-scaled to 2048-byte
> block size), shouldn't those be what we use?
We don't have any way of telling if 217303 is correct or not.
> But if that is the case, how do we verify which one is correct? Maybe
> we should email Ralf Brown and see if he has any recent or unpublished
> info on how to distinguish a DVD-ROM from a CR-ROM/RW.
You can try. I never managed to get any response from Ralf Brown, even
when I reported bugs in RBIL. Perhaps he is too busy, I don't know.
I did search the latest RBIL for "DVD" and didn't find anything.
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