Hi!
12-Ноя-2004 14:09 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roberto Mariottini)
wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
RM> I'm using a Compact Flash reader with IDE interface under MS-DOS.
RM> My problem is that the compact flash card *must* be inserted into the
RM> reader *before* the boot otherwise the POST of the BIOS do not
RM> recognize the compact flash as a hard disk.
RM> My problem is that the card may be not present at the boot!
RM> There is a way to force the BIOS to update the disk table *after* the
RM> boot and allow disk functions to access the new device?
Unfortunately - no. BIOS doesn't support hot swapping. To be precise,
BIOS supports removable device (this is floppy drive), but for this your
card reader should imitate removable device, which later will be present in
DOS as A: or B:. But after this, I don't sure how BIOS/DOS will support
non-standard sizes, grater than 2.88M.
RM> This is usefuel also if I want to change the compact flash and I put
RM> into the reader a card with a different size !
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