[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens) wrote: > Does anyone know a software > way to distinguish an IDE CD from an IDE HD at the user level? I can > call the HDIO_GET_IDENTITY ioctl but don't see any bits in there that > say this is a CD. I can look for an ISO filesystem, but this is not > definitive. I can try to _write_ the drive to test if it's writable, > but would prefer not to.
You don't need to actually write; You just need to try opening the device for writing (as of kernel 1.2.13). I don't think you want to check for CD's anyway - you want to check for write-ability. Neil Turton. +-----------------------------------------+----------------------+ | Neil Turton, Assistant computer officer | Snail Mail to: | | | Churchill college, | | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Cambridge. CB3 0DS. | +-----------------------------------------+----------------------+ | GCM(M) d H s+:- !g p0>+ !au(-) a- w+ v C+++@ UL++++$(+++) P+ | | L+++ 3- E++ N-(+) K- W--- M-- V po Y+ t-- 5 !j R- G? !tv(-) | | b+ D+ B? e+++ u(*) h-- f !r>+++ n+ y? | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
