From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Bios Disk Parameter
Date:	20 Feb 2001 14:48:22 GMT
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Han-chei Yang <hancheiyang AT worldnet DOT att DOT net> wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how to patch the Bios Disk Parameter table to let
> the INT 13h - Funtion 02h to read more than 9 sectors such as 18 sectors or
> more.  

Recent discussions in this group seem to indicate that 18 sectors
should work out of the box. Above 18 is where it becomes tricky.

> I've read Linux's patch program but don't understand after the
> "movsb" instruction and the reason for them.  One other thing is
> that the use of registers are really chaos, no offense, but just
> very hard to understand.

I seriously doubt that this is the right place to gather information
about that type of problem. That's obviously lowlevel PC hardware
programming, without any particular connection to DJGPP. There are
whole newsgroups devoted to this kind of topic, which you should try.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

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