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From:	Rolf Campbell <rcampbell AT tropicnetworks DOT com>
Subject:	Re: accessing drives at block level in win98
Date:	Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:17:59 -0500
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M DOT Edwards1 AT Bradford DOT ac DOT uk wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I have searched but have been unable to solve the following problem:
> 
> 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.



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