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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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