Format of SuperStor CVF compressed unit structure:
Offset Size Description )
00h 31 BYTEs BIOS parameter block for compressed drive (see #01663)
1Fh 5 BYTEs reserved for future expansion of the BPB
24h 33 BYTEs DOS 4-6 style drive parameter block for compressed drive
(see #01395)
45h 2 BYTEs reserved for future expansion of the DPB
47h WORD first sector of relocation table (RBT)
49h WORD first sector of file allocation table
4Bh WORD first sector of the data area
4Dh BYTE sec2byteshift
4Eh 2 BYTEs ???
Note: Reportedly these two bytes did not exist in ADDSTOR's
specification, so the whole structure would have
been documented differently.
50h WORD sectors per cluster
52h BYTE sector shift
53h WORD compression ratio
55h DWORD number of physical sectors in the host file
59h WORD OS version
5Bh BYTE SuperStor level
5Ch BYTE unknown???
5Dh BYTE flags
bits 7-1: ???
bit 0: drive is mounted
5Eh BYTE unknown???
5Fh DWORD pointer to CVF's underlaying host DCB
this should be the physical DPB for this unit
-> +00h BYTE host unit DOS unit number
+01h BYTE CVF's driver host subunit number
Note: As this SuperStor compressed unit structure's structure is located
within the segment the SuperStor driver has occupied, the segment
value of its address can be used as an installation check, since it
contains the signature "ADDSTOR" at offset 20h in the SuperStor
driver. This is used by Novell DOS 7 WINSWAP.SYS to check for the
presence of SuperStor.
SeeAlso: #04114
Index: installation check;SuperStor