On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 10:09:17AM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello Peter, > > > Of course. You can use any PC book that covers IDE. > > I have such a book, though it is a good few years old now - might need > updating to cover latest standards - like how to format a CHS address > for a disk with more than 1024 cylinders. My suspicious mind I guess, > but I was assuming that only the interface between disk and controller > would be standard, whereas the interface between > software driver and controller card would be proprietary, like the > situation with SCSI adapters. Sounds like IDE might be a bit easier > than I'd feared!
it is very much easier, just about 20 lines of 'c' > I'd be interested in seeing your code. I doubt very much that I'd get > as far as producing something I'd be prepared to sell commercially. > I'm lucky if I can find a couple of hours a week to spare for > programming. It's just the challenge and being able to say I've done > it, and maybe even getting some parts to work better than what's > already available ;O) I can extract the interesting pieces from Peter's code if he is too busy. Do not wory about CHS/LBA and big disks yet, it can be added later without any changes in disk layout etc. Bye Richard
