Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:14:54 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP and SCSI
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> From: Mike <nsmedward1 AT brad DOT ac DOT uk>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: 31 Mar 2003 09:21:53 GMT
> 
> I am trying to run the following program in a windows environment:
> 
> http://www-miya.ist.osaka-u.ac.jp/~oosaki/akaitools/
> 
> It requires access to the scsi device block file, e.g /dev/sda
> 
> I can't get it to work in cygwin as it doesn't implement a /dev directory. 
> What are my chances of getting in working in djgpp?

DOS systems calls don't support SCSI devices directly.  So, in order
to get this program to work with DJGPP, you will have to write a
filesystem extension that hooks all calls to /dev/sda and redirects
them to SCSI commands.

See the node "File System Extensions" in the DJGPP library reference
manual, for more details.