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   JJ to muta...@gmail.com   
   Re: sector size   
   22 Apr 22 02:49:08   
   
   From: jj4public@gmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 15:07:50 -0700 (PDT), muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
   >   
   > Next question - what is the philosophy for updating   
   > the BIOS? E.g. what would be the logical place to add   
   > a BIOS query for sector size?   
   >   
   > Thanks. Paul.   
      
   BIOS already have functions for that. Why add another?   
      
   Or, are you trying to query the physical sector size directly from the   
   harddisk, bypassing BIOS translation? If this is the case, Int 13 still has   
   some unused service numbers.   
      
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