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echo: os2prog
to: MIKE RUSKAI
from: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
date: 1999-10-18 08:50:09
subject: DosDevIOCtl, cat8, f64
 MR> The problem is that part of the parameters are the drive head and
 MR> cylinder. How do I figure out which head and cylinder I need to read
 MR> from?  

By using the BPB and other information obtainable through function 0x63.

 ¯ JdeBP ®

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