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INT 13 - Future Domain SCSI BIOS - SEND SCSI MODE SELECT COMMAND
        AH = 05h
        DL = hard drive ID
        ES:BX -> mode select data (see below)
Return: CF set on error
        AH = status code (see AH=01h)
Notes:  this function can be called before AH=07h"SCSI" or AH=06h"SCSI" to
          format a SCSI disk with the desired parameters
        the mode select data below is from the SCSI-1 specification
SeeAlso: AH=07h"SCSI"

Format of mode select data:
Offset  Size    Description
 00h    BYTE    number of bytes of remaining data (12 + vendor unique length)
 01h    BYTE    reserved (0)
 02h    BYTE    medium type (0 for hard disk)
 03h    BYTE    reserved (0)
 04h    BYTE    block descriptor length (8)
 05h    BYTE    density code (0 for hard disk)
 06h  3 BYTEs   number of blocks (big-endian) (000000h for entire disk)
 09h    BYTE    reserved (0)
 0Ah  3 BYTEs   block length (big-endian) (512 standard, or 256)
 0Dh    ???     vendor-specific parameter bytes (optional)

See Also: 1306
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