diff --git a/ableos/src/devices/pci/ide.rs b/ableos/src/devices/pci/ide.rs
index 81576729..60a617e4 100644
--- a/ableos/src/devices/pci/ide.rs
+++ b/ableos/src/devices/pci/ide.rs
@@ -76,9 +76,15 @@ const CMD_IDENTIFY: u8 = 0xEC;
 /// ATA read using LBA28 DMA command
 const CMD_READ_DMA: u8 = 0xC8;
 
+/// ATA write using LBA28 DMA command
+const CMD_WRITE_DMA: u8 = 0xCA;
+
 /// ATA read using LBA48 DMA command
 const CMD_READ_DMA_EXT: u8 = 0x25;
 
+/// ATA write using LBA48 DMA command
+const CMD_WRITE_DMA_EXT: u8 = 0x35;
+
 pub struct PciIde {
     device_info: PciDeviceInfo,
     ide_devices: Vec<IdeDevice>,
@@ -311,14 +317,14 @@ impl PciIde {
         loop {
             let status = unsafe { self.bmi_status(channel) };
 
+            // FIXME: error handling
+
             // Bit 2 (INT) set?
             if (status >> 2) & 1 == 1 {
                 break;
             }
         }
 
-        // FIXME: error handling
-
         unsafe {
             // Stop DMA
             self.stop(channel);
@@ -335,6 +341,91 @@ impl PciIde {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub fn write(
+        &mut self,
+        channel: Channel,
+        drive: Drive,
+        lba: u64,
+        data: &[u8],
+    ) -> Result<(), TryFromIntError> {
+        // FIXME: make this an error
+        assert!(data.len() % SECTOR_SIZE as usize == 0);
+
+        let lba48_support = self
+            .ide_devices
+            .iter()
+            .find(|d| d.channel == channel && d.drive == drive)
+            .map(|d| d.lba48_support)
+            .unwrap(); // FIXME: make this an error
+        let lba48 = lba > 0xFFFFFFF && lba48_support;
+
+        // FIXME: make this an error
+        assert!((lba48 && lba > 0xFFFFFFF) || (!lba48 && lba <= 0xFFFFFFF));
+
+        let byte_count = data.len() as u16;
+        let sector_count = byte_count / SECTOR_SIZE;
+
+        // prepare PRD table
+        let prd = PRDT_START as *mut PhysRegionDescriptor;
+        unsafe {
+            (*prd).data_buffer = self.buffer_frames.as_ref().unwrap()[0]
+                .start_address()
+                .as_u64()
+                .try_into()?;
+            (*prd).byte_count = byte_count;
+            // this is the end of table
+            (*prd).eot = 1 << 7;
+            // this byte is reserved, we should probably set it to 0
+            (*prd)._0 = 0;
+        }
+
+        // copy the data over to the DMA buffer
+        for i in 0..byte_count {
+            let addr = (BUFFER_START + i as u64) as *mut u8;
+            unsafe {
+                *addr = *data.get(i as usize).unwrap_or(&0);
+            }
+        }
+
+        unsafe {
+            self.load_prdt(channel);
+            self.stop(channel);
+            self.set_write(channel);
+            self.clear_bmi_status(channel);
+            select_drive(drive, channel);
+            set_lba(channel, lba, sector_count, lba48);
+
+            if lba48 {
+                ata_send_command(CMD_WRITE_DMA_EXT, channel);
+            } else {
+                ata_send_command(CMD_WRITE_DMA, channel);
+            }
+
+            self.start(channel);
+        }
+
+        loop {
+            let status = unsafe { self.bmi_status(channel) };
+
+            // FIXME: error handling
+
+            // Bit 2 (INT) set?
+            if (status >> 2) & 1 == 1 {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        unsafe {
+            // Stop DMA
+            self.stop(channel);
+
+            // Clear the interrupt bit
+            self.clear_bmi_status(channel);
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn device_info(&self) -> PciDeviceInfo {
         self.device_info
     }