From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Marcum Subject: Re: Using int 13 calls in elks Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:29:19 -0500 Sender: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040311182919.GF13272@don.localnet> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "'Linux-8086@Vger.Kernel.Org'" On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 09:51:58PM -0800, Jason Dictos wrote: > Hello, > > I have some code to port from an MSDOS based application who's main goal > was to write partition data to a bios addressable disk. Currently under > linux/bsd, I haven't found any way to call int 13 style calls from within > the protected mode operating system, however I hear that elks has some bios > disk drivers. Basically our goal with this application is to be able to > write/read from bios addressable disks in a multi threaded environment. > > Can elks help me out here? > In elks, as in most unix-like operating systems, there should be no need for a user program to directly call the bios interrupts. The partition table, and the rest of the hard drive, can be read/written as /dev/bd(a-d). -- Incrsease your earoning poswer and gaerner profwessional resspect. Get the Un1iversity Dewgree you have already earned. [from the prestigious, non-accredited University of Spam!]