Short: Prints out information stored in RigidDiskBlocks of any device Author: david.balazic@uni-mb.si Uploader: david.balazic@uni-mb.si Type: disk/misc RDB-Informer V0.2 Prints out information stored in the Rigid Disk Block of a device Written in C using MEmacs in September 1994 by Snail: v David Balazic v Centiba 39 69220 Lendava Slovenija E-mail: David.Balazic@uni-mb.si This program is FreeWare. You may spread it as you like, but leave my name noticed. With this program you can find out about partitions, filesystems, bad-blocks, drive init codes and other HD related data. Usage (CLI only) : > RDB-Informer [[DEVICE] ] [[UNIT] ] The default for DEVICE is 'scsi.device' and for UNIT '0' Examples : > RDB-Informer scsi.device unit 4 > RDB-Informer gvpscsi.device unit 6 > RDB-Informer unit 2 ; uses scsi.device unit 2 > RDB-Informer evolution.device ; uses evolution.device unit 0 How to find out the device name ? If you have an A600,A1200,A3000 or A4000 then the name is 'scsi.device'. Otherwise look at your controller's manuals :-( or use ARTM|XOper|some-other-system-monitor to list system devices and pick the right one. Usually the HD driving device contains in his name strings like 'scsi','hd','disk','hdisk','harddisk' or the name of manufacturer or controller like : 'gvpscsi.device' 'z3scsi.device' 'nexus.device' 'evolution.device' 'hddisk.device' 'alf.device' The source is compiled with DICE using the Commodore Includes and the Commodore amiga.lib using the following script : DCPP RDB-Informer.c -o T:RDB-Informer.i DC1 T:RDB-Informer.i -o T:RDB-Informer.asm -R -proto DAS T:RDB-Informer.asm -o RDB-Informer.o DELETE T:RDB-Informer.asm quiet DLINK RDB-Informer.o LIB:amiga.lib -o RDB-Informer No c.lib and similar stuff is used !  ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 14648 5868 59.9% 30-Sep-94 13:25:00 RDB-Informer 19561 5387 72.4% 30-Sep-94 13:24:16 RDB-Informer.c 1802 866 51.9% 22-Nov-94 22:48:32 RDB-Informer.readme -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 36011 12121 66.3% 07-Jan-95 07:22:58 3 files