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Int 25 - DOS 1+ - Absolute Disk Read (except Partitions > 32m) [D]
AL = drive number (00h = A:, 01h = B:, etc)
CX = number of sectors to read
DX = starting logical sector number (0000h - highest sector on drive)
DS:BX -> buffer for data
Return: CF clear if successful
CF set on error
AH = status
80h device failed to respond (timeout)
40h seek operation failed
20h controller failed
10h data error (bad CRC)
08h DMA failure
04h requested sector not found
03h write-protected disk (INT 26 only)
02h bad address mark
01h bad command
AL = error code (same as passed to INT 24 in DI)
AX = 0207h if more than 64K sectors on drive
may destroy all other registers except segment registers
Notes: original flags are left on stack, and must be popped by caller
this call bypasses the DOS filesystem
BUGS: DOS 3.1 through 3.3 set the word at ES:[BP+1Eh] to FFFFh if AL is an
invalid drive number
DR-DOS 3.41 will return with a jump instead of RETF, leaving the
wrong number of bytes on the stack; use the huge-partition version
(INT 25/CX=FFFFh) for all partition sizes under DR-DOS 3.41
See Also: INT 13/AH=02h,INT 25/CX=FFFFh,INT 26
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