Sintsov Dmitri wrote:
>
> Hi!
> BTW, to support BIOS access to drives >8GB you probably should implement
> int13 extensions (see Rolf Brown), for example:
> --------d-1342-------------------------------
> INT 13 - IBM/MS INT 13 Extensions - EXTENDED READ
> AH = 42h
> DL = drive number
> DS:SI -> disk address packet (see #0182)
> Return: CF clear if successful
> AH = 00h
> CF set on error
> AH = error code (see #0144)
> disk address packet's block count field set to number of
> blocks
> successfully transferred
> SeeAlso: AH=02h,AH=41h"INT 13 Ext",AH=43h"INT 13 Ext"
>
> Format of disk address packet:
> Offset Size Description (Table 0182)
> 00h BYTE 10h (size of packet)
> 01h BYTE reserved (0)
> 02h WORD number of blocks to transfer (max 007Fh for Phoenix EDD)
> 04h DWORD -> transfer buffer
> 08h QWORD starting absolute block number
> (for non-LBA devices, compute as
> (Cylinder*NumHeads + SelectedHead) * SectorPerTrack +
> SelectedSector - 1
>
> note that starting sector number is QWORD!
Yeah, we should implement these. I don't have the time myself
for the moment. Will put it on the list.
-Kevin
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