basudeb gupta wrote: > Hi All, > > Is there an ASPI driver for FreeDOS? Where can I get it? > > Also, where can I get the specs of that driver so that I can write a > program and access a SCSI hard disk? > > Thanks > Basudeb > >
I've had the same problem with FreeDOS not accessing hard drives. From what I can tell by testing various programs under FreeDOS and MS-DOS is that the FD fdisk program does it's own thing and fails to recognize a SCSI drive unless you issue "set FFD_VERSION=6" at the command prompt (without quotas). This won't help you however. This basically puts fdisk in a type of 16-bit mode and the limitations of FAT 16 partitions only. In other words no larger than 2GB FAT 16 partitions. But it gets even worse. The FreeDOS kernel doesn't seem to want anything to do with the SCSI int 13h extensions and completely ignores them. This also includes loading an ASPI driver. So until this gets addressed us SCSI users are SOL when it comes to FreeDOS. Correct me if I'm wrong. BTW what is your system specs including SCSI card. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
