Hi Tom,
here is one of two diffs for patches that I have not
commited to SVN because I was waiting for review...
Topic: Handle floppy type 6 and use DF_DISKCHANGE and
DF_NOACCESS as well as InitializeAllBPBs in a way which
should help disk tools to avoid confusion about FAT1x
versus FAT32.
Question: Are there any side effects?
Thanks for commenting :-)
Eric
$ svn diff freedos/
Index: freedos/kernel/initdisk.c
===================================================================
--- freedos/kernel/initdisk.c (Revision 1365)
+++ freedos/kernel/initdisk.c (Working Copy)
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
type = regs.b.b.l - 1;
if (regs.flags & 1)
type = 0; /* return 320-360 for XTs */
- else if (type > 6)
+ else if (type >= 6)
type = 8; /* any odd ball drives get 8&7=0: the
320-360 table */
else if (type == 5)
type = 4; /* 5 and 4 are both 2.88 MB */
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
if (nUnits >= NDEV)
{
- printf("more Partitions detected then possible, max = %d\n", NDEV);
+ printf("more Partitions detected than possible, max = %d\n", NDEV);
return; /* we are done */
}
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@
lba_bios_parameters.sectors > 0xffff ||
lba_bios_parameters.totalSectHigh != 0)
{
- printf("Drive is too large to handle, using only 1st 8 GB\n"
+ printf("LBA drive properties implausible, using only 1st 8 GB\n"
" drive %02x heads %lu sectors %lu , total=0x%lx-%08lx\n",
drive,
(ULONG) lba_bios_parameters.heads,
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@
pddt->ddt_driveno = driveno;
pddt->ddt_type = init_getdriveparm(driveno, &pddt->ddt_defbpb);
pddt->ddt_ncyl = (pddt->ddt_type & 7) ? 80 : 40;
- pddt->ddt_descflags = init_readdasd(driveno) | flags;
+ pddt->ddt_descflags = init_readdasd(driveno) | flags | DF_DISKCHANGE
| DF_NOACCESS;
pddt->ddt_offset = 0;
pddt->ddt_serialno = 0x12345678l;
Index: freedos/kernel/dsk.c
===================================================================
--- freedos/kernel/dsk.c (Revision 1365)
+++ freedos/kernel/dsk.c (Working Copy)
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@
unsigned secs_per_cyl;
WORD ret;
- /* pddt->ddt_descflags |= DF_NOACCESS;
- * disabled for now - problems with FORMAT ?? */
+ pddt->ddt_descflags |= DF_NOACCESS;
+ /* was disabled - problems with FORMAT ?? */
/* set drive to not accessible and changed */
if (diskchange(pddt) != M_NOT_CHANGED)
Index: freedos/kernel/main.c
===================================================================
--- freedos/kernel/main.c (Revision 1365)
+++ freedos/kernel/main.c (Working Copy)
@@ -126,14 +126,10 @@
}
/*
- InitializeAllBPBs()
-
- or MakeNortonDiskEditorHappy()
-
- it has been determined, that FDOS's BPB tables are initialized,
- only when used (like DIR H:).
- at least one known utility (norton DE) seems to access them directly.
- ok, so we access for all drives, that the stuff gets build
+ InitializeAllBPBs() or MakeNortonDiskEditorHappy() - FreeDOS
+ does DPB setup on demand (eg DIR H:, via media_check, bpb_to_dpb)
+ so we touch all drives to make sure DPB are filled in. For some reason,
+ this was described as "init BPB to make Norton Disk Edit happy"...?
*/
void InitializeAllBPBs(VOID)
{
@@ -145,6 +141,14 @@
if ((fileno = open(filename, O_RDONLY)) >= 0)
close(fileno);
}
+ /* chdir("A:\\") would need intr.asm/init-mod.h ext. but nicer than
open() */
+#ifdef WITHFAT32 /* mark drive as not FAT32 to allow int25/26 access */
+ /* floppy is DF_NOACCESS until 1st media_check or int 21.440d.0847 */
+ LoL->DPBp->dpb_fatsize = 1; /* not 0, that would be FAT32 */
+ LoL->DPBp->dpb_next->dpb_fatsize = 1; /* not 0, that would be FAT32 */
+ /* bpb_to_dpb(ddt_defbpb...) would be perfect but is not accessible */
+ /* media_check(get_dpb(0)); / int 21.32 etc would access phys drive */
+#endif
}
STATIC void PSPInit(void)
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