ajocrudo wrote:
> I was very happy with the previous version of Minix because I could
> study the Minix partitions from a running Linux on the same computer.
>
> But version 3 is no longer supported by Linux. So, someone has to
> rewrite the apropiate kernel module for us to enjoy mounting the
> version 3 of Minix filesystem.
>
> But, I think it would be interesting to write from scratch the
> apropiate program for Windows for mounting a Minix 3 filesystem on a
> running Windows.
>
> I would cooperate in that project. By the moment, I wish to ask to
> whoever knows something about it, where to find help in the way that
> the Win32 API accesses the HD. So I'll start programing something of it
> with Visual Basic 6.
>
Visual Basic 6 does not in any way support what is needed to create a
driver. You need to write it in C.

Weel, you are right. But if I create in C the basic routines to acces
de Hard Drive ( read block and write block), I can later manage them
from Visual Basic to get a comfortable way to interact with the Minix
filesystem.

What I need to start working on this is the Win32 API functions to
acces the Drive. I think that once I digest them, I can easily manage
them from the Visual Basic interface.

The second stage will be to study the Minix 3 filesystem sources and
start playing with them and Visual Basic. But with the low level API
functions at hand.

ajocrudo wrote:
> I would cooperate in that project. By the moment, I wish to ask to
> whoever knows something about it, where to find help in the way that
> the Win32 API accesses the HD. So I'll start programing something of it
> with Visual Basic 6.

Hints on Win32 API could be found on MSDN library on
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp. Enjoy it.

Zhen Wang