On Wed, 19 May 1999, Maarten ter Huurne wrote:
> At 05:27 PM 5/19/99 -0300, you wrote:
>
> > I'm talking about direct access. Like using 4010h of DiskROM for
> >reading/writing disk sectors (yeah, it's insane).
>
> You can access harddisk sectors inside a partition using #4010, just like
> floppies.
>
> If you want to access sectors regardless of partitions (like the partition
> table or master boot record), you'll need routines specific for the interface.
>
> I think there was some info on this list when FAT16 was first discussed.
> Try to search the archives.
> Info about the IDE interface can probably be provided by Jon (who also
> reads this list).
;)
All info about Sunrise's IDE can be found in the downloadsection of their
homepage: http://www.msx.ch
There is also an additional IDE section in Manuel's FAQ:
http://www.faq.msxnet.org
If you only want to read/write sectors within a partition, use the DISKIO
entry at #4010.
Cya,
jon
>
> But why do you want direct access to a hard disk anyway? Only thing I can
> think of is FDD emulation, in that case you can best use #4010.
>
> Bye,
> Maarten
>
>
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