From: Thomas Demmer <demmer AT LSTM DOT Ruhr-UNI-Bochum DOT De>
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Subject: Re: Libc reference in HTML?
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 16:58:09 +0100
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Gertjan Klein wrote:
> 
>   I'm just starting to use DJGPP, and would like to see what's
> available in the library.  I've downloaded the documentation of the
> stuff I have in HTML format, so I can use a browser to scan through it.
> Unfortunately, it seems the DJGPP libc reference is only available in
> info format.
> 
>   Info frustrates me, I hate it and I dont want to use it.
> 
>   Is the libc reference available in HTML somewhere for downloading? (I
> have found an online reference, but here in Europe we pay per minute for
> phone connections, and I'd rather have the docs on my HD).
> 
>   While I'm here - I'm thinking of an application where I have to use
> the DOS interrupts 0x25 and 0x26.  These read and write harddisk
> sectors.  As far as I could tell, they are not directly supported.  What
> should I do to call these interrupts?  Note that a complicating factor
> here is that both leave a word (16 bit) on stack upon return.

I think I have seen an info 2 html converter coming with the 
source of the FAQ. 
For the Interrupts 0x25/0x26, if I recall correctly, they are
not real interrupts but require a special treatment even in
real mode programming. And as they are addressing your HD, 
better cross check that in Ralph Browns interrupt list. 
If you are sure you know what they do and that they behave
nicely, check the FAQ for the low-level issues. You probably need
to set up a transfer buffer and such. _dpmi_int() might
finally be the function that get's you going. 


-- 
Ciao
Tom

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