From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,XPRIO autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c72b93d85d765332,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-10 06:06:25 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!194.42.224.136!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Ada and Hardware X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 14:02:02 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.252.139.58 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 989499681 62.252.139.58 (Thu, 10 May 2001 14:01:21 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 14:01:21 BST Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7459 Date: 2001-05-10T14:02:02+01:00 List-Id: Hello folks, I'm implementing a program which reads files on a floppy disk which are not stored via the fat12 file system. I know this is the most popular format but i want a simple contigouous fs for the purposes of booting an OS. I'm implementing basic routines for the management of the fs at the moment but i've been planning ahead and i've encountered a problem. It is necessary to access the disk and write the fs to it. I was wondering if anyone knew of any Ada packages or techniques for accessing the disk in such a raw manner? I need a way to write and read via blocks, sectors, tracks etc on the floppy. I'm developing on windows 98 via GNAT. Thanks, Chris Campbell