This is a forwarded message
From: Jose Antonio Senna
Subject: FreeDOS kernel disk routines
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Excuse me for sending this directly to you, but I am still unable to post
on Freedos lists.
I do not know who (if anyone) mantains the FreeDOS
Hi!
6--2004 16:13 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (tom ehlert) wrote to
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te From: Jose Antonio Senna
te ===8==Original message text===
te Excuse me for sending this directly to you, but I am still unable to post
te on Freedos lists.
te I do not know who (if anyone)
Hi!
te My computer BIOS INT 13 is able to access up to 4096 cylinders
te in a hard disk.
te by using bits 6 -7 of DH in INT 13 requests as bits 10-11 of cylinder
te number.
I remember having a 386 (NeAT mainboard) which had this kind of BIOS
feature. It means you can have 4k cylinders but
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, tom ehlert wrote:
However,FreeDOS hooks INT 13
No, if anything hooks INT 13 it could be LBACACHE but the kernel does not
(it should but for different reasons -- see int2f/ah=13 in RBIL).
how are these disks/BIOS variants detected ?
I have a faint memory of these
Hi!
7--2004 09:24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bart Oldeman) wrote to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
BO My 386 SX only had 80 MB hard disk space, which was far below the
BO first problematic barrier of 1024*16*63*512=512MB
1024*16*63*512=504Mb (or 528 Mb, as this counted by disk
manufacturers).
Hi!
7--2004 01:02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jose Antonio Senna) wrote to Arkady
V.Belousov [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
JAS I am unable to post,but read user and devel lists.
Just subscribe. :)
JAS Here are some further explanations:
te by using bits 6 -7 of DH in INT 13 requests as bits 10-11 of
