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From: ching@pepsi.amd.com (Mike Ching)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Disk Driver Formatting in
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Date: 30 Sep 89 00:45:09 GMT
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In article <282@bmers58.UUCP> mlord@bmers58.UUCP (Mark Lord) writes:
 >In article <14789@netnews.upenn.edu> catone@dsl.cis.upenn.edu (Tony Catone) writes:
 >>In article <89090607413782@masnet.uucp> jf.messier@canremote.uucp (JF MESSIER) writes:
 >>>first diskette I read in this drive via aDIR command will have the 
 >>>proper directory, but any other diskette read later will give me the 
 >>>SAME directory as the first one, even if it's another. It seems that DOS
 >>
 >>By the way, yes, I know, running chkdsk each time is also a pain, but
 >>maybe you can pretend you've got a CP/M system again, and treat it like
 >>typing Ctrl-C ;-)
 >
 >The DOS equivalent to ^C is merely typing the drive letter with a colon
 >and then hitting enter.  This forces DOS to reread directory/FAT info 
 >from the diskette.  Ie.  type     A:

Isn't the DOS equivalent to ^C a ^C? I believe this carried over from CPM.

mike ching