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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 21:20:17 -0500
From: Laurent Turcotte <lturcott AT compuserve DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Drive informations using DJGPP
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Thomas Koenig wrote:
> 
> Can anybody tell my how to obtain information about available drives
> (under DOS/WIN95) using DGJPP? I spent a night with info and could not
> find out... I would like to write a C function that tells my
> 
> a) If the drive exists,
> b) If it can be read.
> 

Hi Thomas

I have never done this, but I think 
BIOS  INT 13H,  can do the job
I dont have good documentation but I think the following function
will do the job !


GET DISK SYSTEM STATUS
INT 13h,   AH=01h,  DL=Drive 

READ DRIVER PARAMETERS
INT 13h,    AH=08h,  DL=Drive

TEST DRIVE READY
INT 13h,    AH=10h,  DL=Drive


Regards
Laurent Turcotte