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Date:	Sun, 29 Jul 2001 17:38:54 PDT
From:	Robert Blair <blairra@tstonramp.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Boot drive ?

** Reply to note from scoug-programming@scoug.com Sun, 29 Jul 2001 00:41:54 PDT

> In Rexx, I know of three ways to determine the boot drive:
>
> IBMCOM entry in PATH environment variable (set in CONFIG.SYS) COMSPEC
> environment variable (set in CONFIG.SYS) PSTAT /C | FIND /I "PMSHELL" |
> RXQUEUE
>
> Is there an easier way? Right now I'm getting all these values and
> making sure they agree. Is there a foolproof method?
>

I think I would look for OS2KRNL in the root directory of each drive. If
you find only one then it is the boot drive. If you find more than one
then you would need to do those other things you are doing to confirm
which drive is the boot drive.

Robert Blair

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