Re: int0x13 utility for MS-DOS ;o)

by Alex Buell <alex.buell@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mar 26, 2008 at 07:16 PM

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:00:24 -0800, I waved a wand and this message
magically appears in front of Doors:

> >So, I wrote a tiny utility program in NASM to get the disk parameters
> >via the int 0x13 / AH = 8. The parameters it re****te are correct for
> >the hard disks connected to my PC's motherboard, but when it queried
> >the BIOS for the parameters of its SATA hard disk, it re****ted: 16
> >heads, 1022 cylinders and 63 sectors. Ah! That's why MSDOS couldn't
> >create partitions larger than 503MB!
> 
> The card sup****ts Fn4x family just fine, Dos doesn't.

What makes you think the SIL3114 card sup****ts Int 0x13 / AH = 0x48
calls? My int0x13 utility re****ts it doesn't. 

Regards,
Alex
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14 Posts in Topic:

int0x13 utility for MS-DOS ;o)

Alex Buell <alex.buell

2008-03-23 08:38:48

Re: int0x13 utility for MS-DOS ;o)

ak621@[EMAIL PROTECTED]

2008-03-24 12:55:25

Re: int0x13 utility for MS-DOS ;o)

Alex Buell <alex.buell

2008-03-24 13:59:11

Re: int0x13 utility for MS-DOS ;o)

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