I had this posted in on the CLR list but no answers there, so Im pasting it here. Can I load a hard disk sector into memory and dissassemble it, trace/run it, etc. , e.g. boot sector, (like Debug.exe / Diskprobe) using my VS Studio.Net IDE debugger ?
****** Thanks for the replies! I've used the external KERNAL / USER (to Visual Studio .Net)debuggers, SoftICE, ect., but what I'm tring to determine is if there is anyway to grab a hard disk sector using the Visual Studio .Net IDE/debugger and manipulate it within the IDE. For example, if I write a binary image program in pure assembly and want to save directly to the boot sector then boot the drive to test the code, also maybe read the boot sector into memory and step through it, etc.. Anybody remember Debug.exe ? You could load in any sector from a disk and do just about anything you wanted to do, even assemble directly into memory if you wanted! Can I get that functionality from purely inside the VS. studio .Net IDE only? Is there a command in the debugger to load a sector from disc into memory and a command to disassemble it into machine code? Well, sorry for being long winded I hope I'm explaining myself adequately. Thanks KC You can read messages from the Advanced DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from Advanced DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
