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Format of DOS 4.x disk buffer chain head (array, one entry per chain):
Offset Size Description
00h WORD EMS logical page number in which chain is resident, garbage if
not using EMS
02h DWORD pointer to least recently used buffer header. All buffers on
this chain are in the same segment.
06h WORD number of dirty buffers on this chain???
Note: Buffered disk sectors are assigned to chain N where N is the sector's
address modulo NDBCH, 0 <= N <= NDBCH-1. Each chain resides
completely within one EMS page. This structure is in main memory even
if buffers are in EMS.
See Also:
INT 21h, 52h
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