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AH = 05h AL = number of sectors to format CH = track number DH = head number DL = drive number ES:BX -> address field buffer (see #00235)
Return:
CF set on error CF clear if successful AH = status (see #00234)
Notes: On AT or higher, call AH=17h first. The number of sectors per track is read from the diskette parameter table pointed at by INT 1E
BUG: Some old Compaq BIOSes have a bug when attempting to call this function from Windows Standard Mode with EMM386 loaded. A possible workaround is to call this function from Real Mode e.g. through DPMI function "Call Real Mode function with FAR return" (see INT 31/AX=0301h).
See Also: AH=05h"FIXED" - AH=17h - AH=18h - INT 1E
Format of floppy format address field buffer entry (one per sector in track): Offset Size Description (Table 00235) 00h BYTE track number 01h BYTE head number (0-based) 02h BYTE sector number 03h BYTE sector size (00h=128 bytes, 01h=256 bytes, 02h=512, 03h=1024)
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