Disk serial numbers

[Monte Goulding]

Hi Ken

Is there any way to do it without the system profiller? That thing is a
slug!

Cheers

Monte

> -----Original Message-----
> From: metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com
> [mailto:metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of Ken Ray
> Sent: Thursday, 13 March 2003 9:46 AM
> To: metacard at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: RE: Disk serial numbers
>
>
> That should be no problem. Apple System Profiler provides that
> information in OS X, but returns it as Unicode text:
>
> tell application "Apple System Profiler"
>   get the system profile
> end tell
>
> You can't run it effectively in Script Editor, as you can only see the
> first 20000 characters in the Result window, but at least you'll get a
> feel for how things are formatted. I'll see what I can come up with as a
> function to do this in MC...
>
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com
> > [mailto:metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Monte Goulding
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 3:42 PM
> > To: metacard at lists.runrev.com
> > Subject: RE: Disk serial numbers
> >
> >
> > Hi Sorry
> >
> > I meant the serial number
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Monte
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com
> > > [mailto:metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of Ken Ray
> > > Sent: Thursday, 13 March 2003 7:58 AM
> > > To: metacard at lists.runrev.com
> > > Subject: RE: Disk serial numbers
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, with Macs, you can check "the drives" to see if the
> > disk you're
> > > expecting is mounted. Although this doesn't tell you if there's
> > > nothing in the CD drive, it takes you a lot farther than in
> > Windows.
> > > If you really need to know if there's nothing in the CD
> > drive, let me
> > > know, and I'll hunt around for it.
> > >
> > > Ken Ray
> > > Sons of Thunder Software
> > > Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
> > > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com
> > > > [mailto:metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of
> > Monte Goulding
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 3:05 PM
> > > > To: metacard at lists.runrev.com
> > > > Subject: RE: Disk serial numbers
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > HI Ken
> > > >
> > > > Can you get this info on OS X?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Monte
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com
> > > > > [mailto:metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of Ken Ray
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, 13 March 2003 7:13 AM
> > > > > To: metacard at lists.runrev.com
> > > > > Subject: RE: Disk serial numbers
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hey, Richard! You have something there... if you do a shell
> > > > to switch
> > > > > to a drive (like "D:") and there's no media in the drive,
> > > > it's return
> > > > > "The device not ready." under XP, and it DOESN'T throw up a
> > > > dialog box
> > > > > in your face!
> > > > >
> > > > > Now all you know is that the device isn't ready (not
> > > > necessarily that
> > > > > there's no media in the drive), but 99% of the time it
> > > > would be giving
> > > > > that response because of no media.
> > > > >
> > > > > Good catch!
> > > > >
> > > > > Ken Ray
> > > > > Sons of Thunder Software
> > > > > Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
> > > > > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com
> > > > > > [mailto:metacard-admin at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of
> > > > Richard Gaskin
> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 12:47 PM
> > > > > > To: metacard at lists.runrev.com
> > > > > > Subject: Re: Disk serial numbers
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ken Ray wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > CDs have serial numbers as well... you can retrieve it this
> > > > > > > way:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/metacard/metacard.htm?disk0
> > > > > > > 01
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Wouldn't calling the DOS dir command on a series of devices
> > > > > > throw an exception in XP for those devices without media in
> > > > > > them?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > >  Richard Gaskin
> > > > > >  Fourth World Media Corporation
> > > > > >  Developer of WebMerge 2.2: Publish any database on any site
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