Category: disk I/O enhancements
INT 13 - HARD DISK - PS/1 and newer PS/2 - READ MULTIPLE DISK SECTORS AH = 21h AL = number of sectors to write CH = low byte of 12-bit cylinder number CL = starting sector (bits 0-5) and bits 8-9 of cylinder (bits 6-7) DH = head number (bits 0-5) and bits 10-11 of cylinder (bits 6-7) DL = drive number (80h,81h) ES:BX -> buffer for data to be read Return: CF clear if successful ES:BX buffer filled CF set on error AH = status (see #00234 at AH=01h) Desc: read from the disk using the Multiple Block mode available on newer IDE drives and some hard disk controllers, which generates an interrupt only after the end of transferring a group of sectors rather than after each sector Notes: must call AH=24h"PS/1" before using this function input values in CL and DH are not range-checked the byte at address 0040h:0074h is set to the status of the operation SeeAlso: AH=02h,AH=22h"PS/1",AH=23h"PS/1",AH=24h"PS/1"