TC: int biosdisk( int cmd, int drive, int head, int track, int sector, int nsects, void *buffer ) - prototype in bios.h - issues interrupt 0x13 for BIOS disk operations - drive = (0=A:, 1=2nd floppy, 0x80=drive 0, 0x81=drive 1 - cmd = 0 reset diskette system (hard disk drive reset) 1 return status of last disk operation, ignore parms 2 read nsects disk sectors, with starting sector defined by head, track, & sector, reading 512 bytes per sector into buffer 3 write nsects disk sectors, with starting sector defined by head, track, & sector, writing 512 bytes per sector from buffer 4 verify nsects disk sectors, with starting sector defined by head, track, & sector 5 format a track defined by head & track, where buffer points to a table of sector headers to be written For XT or AT only: 6 - formats a track & sets bad sector flags 7 - formats drive beginning at specific track 8 - returns current drive parms in 1rst 4 bytes of buffer 9 - initializes drive-pair characteristics 10 - long read (4 extra bytes per sector for ECC) 11 - long write (4 extra bytes per sector for ECC) 12 - disk seek 13 - alternate disk reset 14 - reads sector buffer 15 - writes sector buffer 16 - tests if named drive is ready 17 - recalibrates drive 18 - controller ram diagnostic 19 - drive diagnostic 20 - controller internal diagnostic - drive numbers represent physical drives (0 = A:, 1 = B:, 80h = drive 0, 81h = drive 1 - disk reads should be retried at least 3 times - MS C uses _bios_disk() - see INT 13 for more return codes and more information