Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/07/29/16:37:07
From: | James MacDonald <trill AT netbook DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: | Obtaining system ID with DJGPP
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Date: | Tue, 29 Jul 1997 17:58:00 +0100
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Organization: | Trills and Technologies
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Distribution: | world
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Message-ID: | <OYshiFAYEi3zEwtD@netbook.demon.co.uk>
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NNTP-Posting-Host: | netbook.demon.co.uk
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To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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I'd like to be able to obtain a unique system ID for computers. This
system ID should stay the same, but be unique.
I propose to read the MBR and boot sector of the hard drive, combine the
512 byte buffers together to make a 1024-byte buffer, and then do
something with that buffer. But what could I do?
Checksum?
First x bytes added to last y bytes?
Pick out ten bytes at position xxx?
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