Re: [Freedos-kernel] Analysis: Support for sector sizes != 512 bytes

2005-05-13 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi!

12--2005 05:03 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Auer) wrote to
freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net:

EA DOS3.x+ 32bit sector number calls) and 2048 byte (raw sector size
EA on CD-ROM and maybe on magneto-optical drives) cases.

 AFAIK, CD-ROM sector is 2352 bytes.

EA - To support bigger sectors, raise _maxbksize and make each element
EA   of BUFFERS and DiskTransferBuffer bigger

 Eric, I suggest, non-standard sector size is not the hottest issue
(and, probably, will never be actual in future). The more so, does anyone
contains resources (devices), where non-standard sectors support may be
TESTED? Whereas for non-standard devices you anyway should install their own
device driver, which may easily emulate 512-bytes sectors.




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Re: [Freedos-kernel] Analysis: Support for sector sizes != 512 bytes

2005-05-13 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi!

13--2005 15:38 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Auer) wrote to
freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net:

 The more so, does anyone
 contains resources (devices), where non-standard sectors support may be
EA YES, big question!

 Main question!




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Re: [Freedos-kernel] Analysis: Support for sector sizes != 512 bytes

2005-05-12 Thread tom ehlert
Hello Eric,

 Comments about useful sector sizes would be welcome:
 Smaller (64, 128, 256), normal 512, Bigger (1024, 2048, others).

512.

 Thanks for your comments! Trying to wake up the kernel list a bit :-)).

add code to support dynamic disks.

Tom




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