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| subject: | Boot Drive From REXX |
ML> I need to determine the current OS/2 boot drive (partition) from
ML> within a REXX program. The only foolproof solution I have found is an
ML> external function that calls DosQuerySysInfo(5,5,&Buf,sizeof(Buff)),
ML> where Buff is declared ULONG and will contain the partition number
ML> after the call. I have a feeling that merely looking for a volume
ML> labeled "OS2" isn't good enough, what with all the boot-manager
ML> aficionados that keep multiple versions of OS/2 on line. I run a
ML> single-OS system (Warp Red w/o Windows), so I really don't understand
ML> what can and cannot be done with boot manager. But, I dislike writing
ML> utilities (even for my own use) that are limited by my own system
How about looking in the root directory of each drive for config.sys and
offer the user a menu to choose from. This is how qvdm102 does it.
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