Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 14:01:08 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Martin Stromberg wrote:

> Arrgh! NTFS should return -1 (FAT size is not defined on such a beast, to 
> my knowledge). How do I check the drive type?

I will try to find out and get back to you.

> It's straight from the horse's mouth (that is the proverb, isn't it?):
> go to <http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/> and click on "Microsoft Extensible 
> Firmware Initiative FAT32 File System Specification" and click some more.

Ah, okay.  We should put the reference to the horse's mouth in the 
comments, in case somebody sues us (since the license for the FAT32 spec 
says Microsoft themselves cannot be sued ;-).