Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 21:06:29 -0500 (CDT)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: stat()/fstat() for DJGPP, v.02
To: dj AT stealth DOT ctron DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>> >                                                          Also, I
>> > think there are some time stamp in the boot record.  Semi-expensive
>> 
>> AFAIK, there is no time stamp in the boot record, but if you know
>> otherwise, please tell me where in the boot record it dwells.
>
>I've heard that the serial number itself is an encoding of the
>time the disk was formatted.
>
I'm _pretty_ sure it's a simple one-way hash, so that doesn't do a whole lot of
good.

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