[<<Previous Entry]
[^^Up^^]
[Next Entry>>]
[Menu]
[About The Guide]
Function 4404h (68-4) IOCTL: Read from Block Device
Reads a control string from a block device.
On entry: AH 44h
AL 04h
BL Drive number (0=default, 1=A, etc.)
CX Number of bytes to read
DS:DX Data or buffer
Returns: AX Number of bytes read
Error code, if CF is set
Error codes: 1 Device doesn't support control strings
5 Drive is invalid
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
This subfunction reads CX bytes of data from the block device's
control channel into either DS:DX or the memory pointed to by DS:DX.
How data is written is defined by the device driver. Data can be read
only if the device can process control strings.
See Also:
44h
4405h
This page created by ng2html v1.05, the Norton guide to HTML conversion utility.
Written by Dave Pearson