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Jim Michaels <NOSPAMFOR-jmichae3- AT yahoo DOT com> wrote on 04/03/2007 10:05:01
PM:

# great. I just want to read and save the partition boot & MBR sectors for
# archival purposes. :-(
# I thought it would be be handy for certain operations of system
rebuilding.
#
# looks like I go back to DOS floppies.  I found an API call that might do
# the trick, but I would have to know ATA commands, and the PDF for that
# is huge.
#
# Does DJGPP have any other direct disk I/O API than biosdisk()/bios.h?
# My guess is no.

Take a look at these:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q100027
http://www.ucosoft.com/archives/74.html

From that you should be able to find what you need...

IOW don't use DJGPP to write Windows software.  If you need a free
compiler then use CygWin and/or MinGW.

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