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Lecture 26

Lecture 26. Reading/Writing a physical Block. BiosDisk(int cmd, int drive, int head, int track, int sector, int nsects, void * buffer); Cmd 0 = disk reset 1 = disk status (status of last disk operation) 2 = disk read 3 = disk write 4 = disk verify 5 = disk format.

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Lecture 26

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  1. Lecture 26

  2. Reading/Writing a physical Block • BiosDisk(int cmd, int drive, int head, int track, int sector, int nsects, void * buffer); • Cmd 0 = disk reset • 1 = disk status (status of last disk operation) • 2 = disk read • 3 = disk write • 4 = disk verify • 5 = disk format

  3. Reading Writing a physical Block • Drive 0x80 = first fixed disk (physcial drive) • 0x81 = second fixed disk • 0x82 = third fixed disks • …. …. • 0x00 = first removable disk • 0x01 = second removable disk • …. ….

  4. Reading Writing a physical Block #include <bios.h> #include <dos.h> FILE *fp; unsigned char buf[512]; unsigned char st[60]; unsigned char headno[10]; unsigned char secno[10]; unsigned char trackno[10]; void main (void) { int i ; for (i=0;i<512;i++) buf[i]=0;

  5. Cont… gets(st); fp=fopen(st,"wb"); printf("Head "); gets(headno); puts (headno); printf("\nsector "); gets(secno); puts(secno); printf("\ntrack "); gets(trackno); puts(trackno);

  6. Cont… i = biosdisk(2,0x80,atoi(headno), atoi(trackno),atoi(secno),1,buf) ; if (*(((char *)(&i))+1)==0) { fwrite(buf,1,512,fp); fclose(fp); } else printf("Cannot Read Error# = %x",i); }

  7. Limitation of biosdisk • Biosdisk() calls int 13H/0/1/2/3/4/5 • Details of 13H services used by Biosdisk() • On Entry • AH = service # • AL=No. of sectors • BX = offset address of data buffer • CH = track # • CL = sector # • DH = head/side # • DL = Drive # • ES = Segment Address of buffer.

  8. Limitation of biosdisk() • Large sized disk are available now with thousands of tracks • But this BIOS routine only is capable of accessing a max. of 1024 tracks. • Hence if a large disk is being used not whole of the disk can be accessed using this routine.

  9. Extended BIOS functions • Extended BIOS functions of int 13h can be used for operations on higher tracks • As discussed later usual BIOS functions can access a maximum of 504MB of disk approx.

  10. Extended BIOS functions

  11. Highest biosdisk() capacity • Hence the highest capacity of disk can be accessed using bios functions is • 63x16x1024x512= 504 MB approx.

  12. Highest IDE capacity • Hence highest physical capacity of the disk according to the IDE interface is • 255x16x65536x512 = 127GB • Extended BIOS functions allow to access disk with sizes greater than 504 MB through LBA translation.

  13. LBA Translation Method • Each unique combination of three parameters is assigned a unique index as shown below • Firstly all the sectors of a cylinder are indexed for head=0, then when whole track has been indexed the sector in the track of same cylinder with head =1 are indexed and so on up till the end of all heads • When done with one cylinder the same is repeated for the next cylinder till the end of cylinders

  14. LBA Translation method • Cylinder head sec • 0 0 1 = 0 • 0 0 2 = 1 • 0 0 3 = 2 • …. …. … …. • 0 0 63 = 62 • 0 1 1 = 63 • 0 1 2 = 64 • …. …. … …. • 0 2 1 = 126

  15. Mathematical Notation for LBA translation • LBA address = (C * H’ +H)* S’ + S – 1 • Where • C = Selected cylinder number • H’ = No. of heads • H = Selected head number • S’=Maximum Sector number • S= Selected Sector number

  16. LBA to CHS translation • Conversely LBA address can be translated into CHS address • cylinder = LBA / (heads_per_cylinder * sectors_per_track) • temp = LBA % (heads_per_cylinder * sectors_per_track) • head = temp / sectors_per_track • sector = temp % sectors_per_track + 1

  17. Disk Address Packet

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