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New QDISK utility now available!
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Alex Buell
2008-03-30 00:44:38 UTC
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I've just finished writing a small utility to probe the IDE ports and
scan for hard disks, print out models and revision, and their CHS
geometry.

I think I've learned a lot about programming the IDE devices by writing
this little utility. Next revision will deal with SATA devices - anyone
care to point me at documentation and/or sample sources for handling
SATA? Thanks.

Feel free to have a play, it's now available for downloads at:
http://www.munted.org.uk/programming/qdisk.zip
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Fearsome grindings.
Frank Kotler
2008-03-30 08:07:55 UTC
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Post by Alex Buell
I've just finished writing a small utility to probe the IDE ports and
scan for hard disks, print out models and revision, and their CHS
geometry.
I think I've learned a lot about programming the IDE devices by writing
this little utility. Next revision will deal with SATA devices - anyone
care to point me at documentation and/or sample sources for handling
SATA? Thanks.
http://www.munted.org.uk/programming/qdisk.zip
404

I'll try again later. Did I tell you how much I like your color scheme?

Best,
Frank
Alex Buell
2008-03-30 19:55:31 UTC
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On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:07:55 GMT, I waved a wand and this message
Post by Frank Kotler
Post by Alex Buell
http://www.munted.org.uk/programming/qdisk.zip
404
I'll try again later. Did I tell you how much I like your color scheme?
404?

It ought to be there - can you try again?
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http://www.munted.org.uk

Fearsome grindings.
Frank Kotler
2008-03-30 22:11:48 UTC
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Post by Alex Buell
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:07:55 GMT, I waved a wand and this message
Post by Frank Kotler
Post by Alex Buell
http://www.munted.org.uk/programming/qdisk.zip
404
I'll try again later. Did I tell you how much I like your color scheme?
404?
It ought to be there - can you try again?
Yup! Got it. Haven't looked at it yet... Thanks, Alex!

Best,
Frank
japheth
2008-03-30 11:46:22 UTC
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Post by Alex Buell
this little utility. Next revision will deal with SATA devices - anyone
care to point me at documentation and/or sample sources for handling
SATA? Thanks.
Here is the binary and ASM source of a tool I wrote. It handles SATA
devices as well:

http://www.japheth.de/Download/idecheck.zip
Rod Pemberton
2008-04-02 08:06:05 UTC
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Post by japheth
Post by Alex Buell
this little utility. Next revision will deal with SATA devices - anyone
care to point me at documentation and/or sample sources for handling
SATA? Thanks.
Here is the binary and ASM source of a tool I wrote. It handles SATA
http://www.japheth.de/Download/idecheck.zip
I only started up and ESC'd idecheck 0 or idecheck 1, but seems to work...
on two old machines, 3 HD's.

RP
Jim Langston
2008-03-31 20:24:53 UTC
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Post by Alex Buell
I've just finished writing a small utility to probe the IDE ports and
scan for hard disks, print out models and revision, and their CHS
geometry.
I think I've learned a lot about programming the IDE devices by
writing this little utility. Next revision will deal with SATA
devices - anyone care to point me at documentation and/or sample
sources for handling SATA? Thanks.
http://www.munted.org.uk/programming/qdisk.zip
I think it doesn't work for me. This is the output:

D:\Downloads\qdisk\qdisk>qdisk
QDISK v0.1 (C) 2008 Alex Buell <***@munted.org.uk>

Interface 01F0 detected
Interface 0170 not detected
Interface 01E8 not detected
Interface 0168 not detected

D:\DOWNLO~1\qdisk\qdisk>
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Jim Langston
***@rocketmail.com
Alex Buell
2008-04-01 07:30:41 UTC
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On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:24:53 -0700, I waved a wand and this message
Post by Jim Langston
D:\Downloads\qdisk\qdisk>qdisk
Interface 01F0 detected
Interface 0170 not detected
Interface 01E8 not detected
Interface 0168 not detected
D:\DOWNLO~1\qdisk\qdisk>
Ah, what type and make of hard disks do you have attached? To what
interfaces? Thanks that'd be helpful.
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Fearsome grindings.
Mark Whitlock
2008-04-02 00:25:26 UTC
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Alex,
Didn't work for me either. Program was run
in windows 98 SE. Showed all 4 ports not detected.
Seagate 120 GB drive on PATA port 1.
Motherboard MSI 6590
Chip set VIA KT400 (VT8377)
South bridge Via VT8235
Lpcio Winbond W83697HF
AMI Bios Athalon XP 1700 CPU

Hope this helps,
Mark Whitlock
Alex Buell
2008-04-02 07:53:56 UTC
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On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 17:25:26 -0700 (PDT), I waved a wand and this
Post by Mark Whitlock
Didn't work for me either. Program was run
in windows 98 SE. Showed all 4 ports not detected.
Seagate 120 GB drive on PATA port 1.
Motherboard MSI 6590
Chip set VIA KT400 (VT8377)
South bridge Via VT8235
Lpcio Winbond W83697HF
AMI Bios Athalon XP 1700 CPU
Ah - Qdisk doesn't work under Windows at all. I'll add a check for this.
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Fearsome grindings.
Mark Whitlock
2008-04-02 00:37:04 UTC
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Alex,
Sorry ,I spoke too soon.
Runs fine in native dos ,windows
just mucks it up.
Mark
Jim Langston
2008-04-02 13:22:11 UTC
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Post by Mark Whitlock
Alex,
Sorry ,I spoke too soon.
Runs fine in native dos ,windows
just mucks it up.
Mark
Hmm.. same here. I ran it under NT DOS not native DOS.
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Jim Langston
***@rocketmail.com
Rod Pemberton
2008-04-02 08:06:31 UTC
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Post by Alex Buell
I've just finished writing a small utility to probe the IDE ports and
scan for hard disks, print out models and revision, and their CHS
geometry.
I think I've learned a lot about programming the IDE devices by writing
this little utility. Next revision will deal with SATA devices - anyone
care to point me at documentation and/or sample sources for handling
SATA? Thanks.
http://www.munted.org.uk/programming/qdisk.zip
--
http://www.munted.org.uk
Fearsome grindings.
Works for me on two machines, 3 HD's.

RP
Richard Bonner
2008-04-11 14:14:47 UTC
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Post by Alex Buell
I've just finished writing a small utility to probe the IDE ports and
scan for hard disks, print out models and revision, and their CHS
geometry.
http://www.munted.org.uk/programming/qdisk.zip
--
http://www.munted.org.uk
Fearsome grindings.
*** Here is the output as seen using DR-DOS 7.03:

C:\UTIL\QDISK> QDISK.COM
QDISK v0.1 (C) 2008 Alex Buell <***@munted.org.uk>

Interface 01F0 detected
Master
Model: Maxtor 90648D3
Revision: GAS54112
CHS: 12556 * 16 * 63
Interface 0170 detected
Interface 01E8 not detected
Interface 0168 not detected


It would be nice if it listed the size of the drive.


Richard Bonner
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/
Alex Buell
2008-04-11 19:07:09 UTC
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On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:14:47 +0000 (UTC), I waved a wand and this
Post by Richard Bonner
C:\UTIL\QDISK> QDISK.COM
Interface 01F0 detected
Master
Model: Maxtor 90648D3
Revision: GAS54112
CHS: 12556 * 16 * 63
Interface 0170 detected
Interface 01E8 not detected
Interface 0168 not detected
I'm planning on implementing the calculated sizes of disks in the next
release.
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Fearsome grindings.
Richard Bonner
2008-04-15 12:23:36 UTC
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Post by Alex Buell
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:14:47 +0000 (UTC), I waved a wand and this
*** It would be nice if it gave the drive sizes.
I'm planning on implementing the calculated sizes of disks in the next
release.
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Fearsome grindings.
*** Is there a way to have it give the actual drive size as opposed to
the total of the partition sizes? I ask because large drives formatted as
FAT-16 may have space left over that is not included in the partitions due
to the 2 GB limit of FAT-16.

Richard Bonner
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/

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