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From: "Parker, Ron" <rdparker AT butlermfg DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: accessing drives at block level in win98
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:39:42 -0600
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rolf Campbell [mailto:rcampbell AT tropicnetworks DOT com]

> M DOT Edwards1 AT Bradford DOT ac DOT uk wrote:

> > Can win98 access /dev/sda directly? the article here 
> suggests that only NT+
> > can do this???
> > http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html
> 
> That article is correct.  You can't do that using Win98.

I am just speculating here, but it might be possible to implement this
functionality in Cygwin via an ASPI interface.  I believe that is how much
of the CD ripping software for Win9x works.  I have neither the time nor the
interest in doing this but bring it up in case anyone has the desire and
motivation to pursue it.

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