June 23, 2010 |
8.7 Get Drive Parameters (FN 08h)
This function shall be used to find the CHS geometry used by INT 13h functions 2, 3, and 4 to access the drive.
Entry
AH 08h
DL BIOS device number
Exit
Carry Clear Function completed without error
AH Shall be cleared to zero
BL Vendor Specific
CH Low order 8 bits of the maximum cylinder number
CL
Bit Description
7:6 high order 2 bits of the cylinder 5:0 sector number
DH | Maximum head number |
DL | Total number of INT 13h devices with an INT 13h device number greater than |
| 7Fh |
ES:DI | Vendor Specific |
Carry Set Function completed with an error | |
AH | Shall be set to the error code |
Working Draft Enhanced Disk Drive - 4 | 35 |