Function 1Ch Get File Allocation Table Information for Specific Device
Returns information on specified drive
entry AH 1Ch
DL drive number (1=A, 2=B, 3=C, etc)
return AL number of sectors per allocation unit (cluster)
DS:BX address of media descriptor byte for drive in DL
CX sector size in bytes
DX number of allocation units (clusters)
note 1) DL = 0 for default.
2) Save DS before calling this function.
3) Format of media-descriptor byte:
bits: 0 0 (clear) not double sided
1 (set) double sided
1 0 (clear) not 8 sector
1 (set) 8 sector
2 0 (clear) nonremovable device
1 (set) removable device
3-7 always set (1)
4) This call returned a pointer to the FAT in DOS 1.x. Beginning with
DOS 2.00, it returns a pointer only to the table's ID byte.
5) IBM recommends programmers avoid this call and use int 25h instead.
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