In message: <20040219025604.D76134_at_alpha.siliconlandmark.com> Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy_at_siliconlandmark.com> writes: : The likes of ATA disks include serial numbers in words 10-19. These could : be used to positively identify a drive when its availability has come : into question. From what I recall, CF cards use an ATA-like command set. : Wouldn't it be possible to get the serial number and model from them for : positive identification? Not when I tried it a few years ago. The serial numbers were all 0 at the time (at least on the brands of parts I was messing with). Things may have changed since then. And that's not a property of the controller, but the disk connected to the controller, which starts to get messy from a layering point of view. Besides, you'd have to keep a history around for a 'while' of what the unique key was, and that has other issues if you are inserting lots of different CF into a machine (say to create bootable CF for production). WarnerReceived on Thu Feb 19 2004 - 06:06:01 UTC
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