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   Kerr-Mudd, John to Robert Prins   
   Re: Location of volume serial number on    
   08 Jul 22 21:48:31   
   
   From: admin@nospicedham.127.0.0.1   
      
   On Fri, 8 Jul 2022 13:45:05 +0000   
   Robert Prins  wrote:   
      
   > Hi all,   
   >   
   > It's (obviously) shown by a "VOL" command, but does anyone here know where to   
   > actually find it on the disk? And its format? Four bytes? Four words? Four   
   > longints? Trying to use a hex editor (HxD) to find it, but no luck.   
   >   
   It's a (usually Hidden & System & R/O) directory entry, IIRC, with Volume   
   label attribute bit set.   
      
   http://helppc.netcore2k.net/table/directory-format   
      
      
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