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INT 13 - Future Domain SCSI CONTROLLER - GET POINTER TO SCSI DISK INFO BLOCK
AH = 1Bh
DL = hard drive ID
Return: CF set on error
AH = status code (see AH=01h)
CF clear if successful
ES:BX -> SCSI disk information block
Note: also sets a non-resettable flag which prevents some controller messages
from being displayed
SeeAlso: AH=1Ch"SCSI"
Format of SCSI disk information block:
Offset Size Description
00h BYTE drive physical information
bit 0: ???
bit 1: device uses parity
bit 2: 256 bytes per sector instead of 512
bit 3: don't have capacity yet???
bit 4: disk is removable
bit 5: logical unit number is not present
01h WORD translated number of cylinders
03h BYTE translated number of heads
04h BYTE translated number of sectors per track (17, 34, or 63)
05h BYTE drive address
bits 0-2: logical unit number
bits 3-5: device number
06h BYTE 01h at initialization
07h BYTE sense code byte 00h, or extended sense code byte 0Ch
08h BYTE 00h
09h BYTE 00h or extended sense code byte 02h (sense key)
0Ah BYTE 00h
0Bh 10 BYTEs copy of Command Descriptor Block (CDB)
15h DWORD translated number of sectors on device
See Also:
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