Re:# Of Disk Drives

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 04-19-92 (10:46)             Number: 110
From: DICK DENNISON                Refer#: NONE
  To: BOB PERKINS                   Recvd: NO  
Subj: Re:# Of Disk Drives            Conf: (2) Quik_Bas

BP>   I've played with that function, but for some reason haven't been abl
BP> get it to work with my HD.  The two references I have aren't clear on
BP> set up for a HD, and on top of that contradict each other..  I saw som
BP> in here awhile back that showed using 0,1,etc for floppy drives and
BP> 128,129,etc for HDs (for the drive number).  Still reports my HD parti
BP> are not ready.  Got some example code that you could show me?

'$include:'qb.bi'
dim regs as regtype
regs.ax = &h2 * 256 + 1    'AL = # of sectors to read
regs.cx = 0                 'Ch = cyl, CL = sector
regs.dx = 128               'dl = drive 128 = 1st HD
interrupt &h13, regs,regs
if regs.flags and 1 then beep 'error

'etc.

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