Component/drive

Component: Drive

This component is provided by Floppy Disks or Hard Disk Drives in Unmanaged mode (for Managed mode, see Filesystem)

To switch a managed drive to Unmanaged mode, just right click with the item in your hand and select Unmanaged mode (Warning: this will wipe the drive).

Component name: `drive`. Callbacks:

• `readByte(offset:number):number`

Read a single byte at the specified offset.

• `writeByte(offset:number, value:number)`

Write a single byte to the specified offset.

• `getSectorSize():number`

Returns the size of a single sector on the drive, in bytes.

• `getLabel():string`

Get the current label of the drive.

• `setLabel(value:string):string`

Sets the label of the drive. Returns the new value, which may be truncated.

• `readSector(sector:number):string`

Read the current contents of the specified sector.

• `writeSector(sector:number, value:string)`

Write the specified contents to the specified sector.

• `getPlatterCount():number`

Returns the number of platters in the drive.

• `getCapacity():number`

Returns the total capacity of the drive, in bytes.

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