Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:1085 comp.sys.att:3787 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!rutgers!umn-d-ub!rhealey From: rhealey@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Rob Healey) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Checking the 3B1 floppy drive Keywords: 3b1 floppy Message-ID: <398@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> Date: 15 Jul 88 22:19:35 GMT References: <5153@watcgl.waterloo.edu> Reply-To: rhealey@ub.d.umn.edu.UUCP (Rob Healey) Organization: University of Minnesota, Duluth Lines: 20 In article <5153@watcgl.waterloo.edu> jrmacmillan@lily.waterloo.edu (John R. MacMillan) writes: >Is there a way to check if there is a floppy in (and door closed) on >the 3B1 without causing the error icon? I'm not 100% sure but I believe you can use an ioctl to get the status of the floppy. The important info is either in the man page for the disk drivers or buried DEEP within /usr/include/sys. You'd be surprised what dirty details lurk in /usr/include/sys, I'd strongly suggest everyone with a curious streak to spend a few hours mulling the sys .h files over. Seems there's alot of unused talent in our 3b1's/7300's hardware B^(. Wish there was some way a third party could get the sources from Convergent and AT&T and give us REAL support. With a 68881 and a properly written OS a 3b1 would be one hell of a system. Oh well... -Rob -- -Rob