accessing drives at block level in win98

[Parker, Ron]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rolf Campbell [mailto:rcampbell@tropicnetworks.com]

> M.Edwards1@Bradford.ac.uk wrote:

> > Can win98 access /dev/sda directly? the article here 
> suggests that only NT+
> > can do this???
> > http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html
> 
> That article is correct.  You can't do that using Win98.

I am just speculating here, but it might be possible to implement this
functionality in Cygwin via an ASPI interface.  I believe that is how much
of the CD ripping software for Win9x works.  I have neither the time nor the
interest in doing this but bring it up in case anyone has the desire and
motivation to pursue it.

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