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From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSw DOT Invalid>
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Subject: Re: Using Extended INT13 LBA and for hard disk access and DPMI under DJGPP
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:38:41 GMT
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On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:15:07 GMT in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, "Dick Correa"
<dick AT dtidata DOT com> wrote:

>"Brian Inglis" <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSw DOT Invalid> wrote in message
>news:p2ti70tbmf7lcvf9ismj0uqo4kodlgm1t3 AT 4ax DOT com...
>> On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 13:28:54 GMT in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, "Dick Correa"
>> <dick AT dtidata DOT com> wrote:
>>
>> >The title kinda says it all... Does anyone have a code snippet for
>reading
>> >the hard drive using the extended LBA mode int13 calls using DPMI and
>djgpp.
>> >I wrote a handler for a windows 95 program using dosalloc and real mode
>and
>> >protected mode pointers with a simulated int13 call using dpmi int31
>stuff
>> >with Borland C 3.1, but I can't seem to get a handle on it with djgpp.
>> >
>> >If you can point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it.
>>
>> Have you looked at:
>> info libc a biosdisk

>Actually no I haven't... However, I have actually seen a small snippet of
>code in this newsgroup but I didn't DL it ... It was perfect for what I
>wanted to do...
>
>Also, if biosdisk is anything like the real mode biosdisk then it is CHS
>oriented not LBA oriented...
>
>Thanx for the thought though and I will look at the code...

You might try searching for LBA in the newsgroup on Google groups or
the gatewayed mailing list archive of djgpp on delorie.com. 

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