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Int 2F Fn 0803 U - DOS 4+ Driver.sys Support - Get Drive Data Table List [D]
AX = 0803h
Return: DS:DI -> first drive data table in list
Note: not available under DR-DOS 5.0
See Also: AX=0801h
Format of DOS 3.30 drive data table:
Offset Size Description
00h DWORD pointer to next table (offset FFFFh if last table)
04h BYTE physical unit number (for INT 13)
05h BYTE logical drive number (0=A:)
06h 19 BYTEs BIOS Parameter Block (see also INT 21/AH=53h)
Offset Size Description
00h WORD bytes per sector
02h BYTE sectors per cluster, FFh if unknown
03h WORD number of reserved sectors
05h BYTE number of FATs
06h WORD number of root dir entries
08h WORD total sectors
0Ah BYTE media descriptor, 00h if unknown
0Bh WORD sectors per FAT
0Dh WORD sectors per track
0Fh WORD number of heads
11h WORD number of hidden sectors
19h BYTE flags
bit 6: 16-bit FAT instead of 12-bit FAT
1Ah WORD number of DEVICE OPEN calls without corresponding DEVICE CLOSE
1Ch 11 BYTEs volume label or "NO NAME " if none (always "NO NAME" for
fixed media)
27h BYTE terminating null for volume label???
28h BYTE device type (see INT 21/AX=440Dh)
29h WORD bit flags describing drive (see below)
2Bh WORD number of cylinders
2Dh 19 BYTEs BIOS Parameter Block for highest capacity supported
40h 3 BYTEs ???
43h 9 BYTEs filesystem type???, default = "NO NAME "
(apparently only MS-DOS 3.30 fixed media, nulls for removable
media and PC-DOS 3.30)
4Ch BYTE least-significant byte of last-accessed cylinder number
---removable media---
4Dh DWORD time of last access in clock ticks (FFFFFFFFh if never)
---fixed media---
4Dh WORD partition (FFFFh = primary, 0001h = extended)
4Fh WORD absolute cylinder number of partition's start on physical
drive (always FFFFh if primary partition)
Format of COMPAQ DOS 3.31 drive data table:
Offset Size Description
00h DWORD pointer to next table (offset FFFFh if last table)
04h BYTE physical unit number (for INT 13)
05h BYTE logical drive number (0=A:)
06h 25 BYTEs BIOS Parameter Block (see DOS 4.0-6.0 drive data table below)
1Fh 6 BYTEs reserved fields from BPB above???
25h BYTE flags
bit 6: 16-bit FAT instead of 12-bit FAT
bit 5: large volume???
26h WORD device-open count???
28h 11 BYTEs volume label or "NO NAME " if none (always "NO NAME" for
fixed media)
33h BYTE terminating null for volume label
34h BYTE device type (see INT 21/AX=440Dh)
35h WORD bit flags describing drive (see below)
37h WORD number of cylinders
39h 25 BYTEs BIOS parameter block for highest capacity drive supports
52h 6 BYTEs ??? apparently always zeros
58h BYTE least-significant byte of last-accessed cylinder number
---removable media---
59h DWORD time of last access in clock ticks (FFFFFFFFh if never)
---fixed media---
59h WORD partition (FFFFh = primary, 0001h = extended)
5Bh WORD absolute cylinder number of partition's start on physical
drive (always FFFFh if primary partition)
Format of DOS 4.0-6.0 drive data table:
Offset Size Description
00h DWORD pointer to next table (offset FFFFh if last table)
04h BYTE physical unit number (for INT 13)
05h BYTE logical drive number (0=A:)
06h 25 BYTEs BIOS Parameter Block (see also INT 21/AH=53h)
Offset Size Description
00h WORD bytes per sector
02h BYTE sectors per cluster, FFh if unknown
03h WORD number of reserved sectors
05h BYTE number of FATs
06h WORD number of root dir entries
08h WORD total sectors (see offset 15h if zero)
0Ah BYTE media descriptor, 00h if unknown
0Bh WORD sectors per FAT
0Dh WORD sectors per track
0Fh WORD number of heads
11h DWORD number of hidden sectors
15h DWORD total sectors if WORD at 08h is zero
1Fh BYTE flags
bit 6: 16-bit FAT instead of 12-bit
bit 7: unsupportable disk (all accesses will return Not Ready)
20h WORD device-open count
22h BYTE device type (see INT 21/AX=440Dh)
23h WORD bit flags describing drive (see below)
25h WORD number of cylinders
27h 25 BYTEs BIOS Parameter Block for default (highest) capacity supported
40h 6 BYTEs reserved (part of BPB above)
46h BYTE last track accessed
---removable media---
47h DWORD time of last access in clock ticks (FFFFFFFFh if never)
---fixed media---
47h WORD partition (FFFFh = primary, 0001h = extended)
always 0001h for DOS 5+
49h WORD absolute cylinder number of partition's start on physical drive
(FFFFh if primary partition in DOS 4.x)
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