Short:    TD_GETGEOMETRY test/demo program
Author:   olk@johann.nbg.sub.org (Oliver Knorr)
Uploader: olk@johann.nbg.sub.org (Oliver Knorr)
Version:  1.0
Type:     disk/misc
Requires: AmigaOS 2.04
Kurz:     Test- / Demoprogramm für TD_GETGEOMETRY

There are several programs that need or can use TD_GETGEOMETRY, most of
them are low-level disk utilities. Often there is no documentation which
commands a device driver understands and not all programs using
TD_GETGEOMETRY give meaningful error messages, so you can use
TestGeometry first to check if your device does support it or not.

You should get correct information about the device geometry if
TD_GETGEOMETRY is supported, or "error -3 (command not supported by
device) reading drive geometry" if not.

Another possible use for TestGeometry (if the appropriate driver does
support TD_GETGEOMETRY) is to obtain the geometry of a certain disk,
for example for preparing it or for writing DEVS:DOSDrivers-files.
If you have a device driver with a good TD_GETGEOMETRY implementation,
like the omniscsi.device ("Guru-ROM"), you can get better values with
this program than from HDToolBox.


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    7224    4104 43.1% 25-Aug-95 14:49:50 +TestGeometry
    2455    1142 53.4% 25-Aug-95 15:18:56 +TestGeometry.doc
    9137    2448 73.2% 25-Aug-95 14:49:44 +TestGeometry.mod
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