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Int 21 Fn 4405 - Combi-disk V1.13 - Control Combi-disk [d]
AX = 4405h
BL = drive number (00h = default, 01h = A:, etc) for RAM disk
CX = number of bytes to write
DS:DX -> buffer containing command packet (see below)
Return: CF clear if successful
AX = number of bytes actually transferred
CF set on error
AX = error code (01h,05h,06h,0Dh) (see AH=59h)
See Also: AX=4404h"COMBI"
Format of command packet:
Offset Size Description
00h WORD version
02h BYTE command code
80h flush cache
81h change options byte
82h shrink memory
83h expand memory
84h get dirty block information
85h reset write errors
86h reset counters
---command code 81h---
03h BYTE new options byte (see below)
---command code 82h---
03h WORD number of KB to release
---command code 83h---
03h WORD number of KB to expand
---command code 84h---
03h DWORD -> buffer for block info (see below)
---command code 85h---
03h DWORD block ID
---command code 86h---
03h BYTE which counters to reset
bit 0: hard disk read counts
bit 1: hard disk write counts
bit 2: RAM disk read/write counts
Note: multiple commands may be placed in a single packet by stringing
together as many command/argument pairs as desired
Bitfields for options byte:
bit 0 cache off
bit 1 cache frozen
bit 2 write caching enabled
bit 3 delayed writing disabled
bit 5 fix memory allocation (no XMS lending)
bit 6 no 'sector not found' error
Format of block info:
Offset Size Description
00h DWORD block ID
04h BYTE bitmask of valid sectors in block
05h BYTE bitmask of dirty sectors in block
06h BYTE last error returned by BIOS
07h BYTE number of errors
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