Accessing the partition tables and the CMOS memory on a PC: how do you do it?

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From: Robert Perkins
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 00:04

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I want to be able to access and alter the partition table on fixed disks that  
are installed on a PC (be they IDE, MFM, SCSI, ESDI, I don't care, I need a  
general method that works for all types of drives...) for a program I'm writing  
(a learning excercise really), as well as looking at CMOS memory (the  
configuration memory that every pc has these days...) to determine the types of  
drives installed...

Can someone point out a method, or several methods, to do this? Or post  
references to literature that will point me in the right direction? Much  
appreciated,

--
Rob Perkins
--BYU Systems Software Support Technician--
And then the Programmer, tired and worn from reality, slipped quietly into  
protected mode, never to be seen by anyone again...
***Rob_Perkins@byu.edu NeXTMail welcome!***

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