IDE knowledge anyone?

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Fri Dec 11 14:39:52 CST 2015


On 12/11/2015 12:04 PM, Oliver Lehmann wrote:

> This is the question... what is the "correct data"? Would I be able
> to see the cyl/sector/head information I've set before in that
> buffer? I didn't understand what the sector buffer really is by
> reading the docs.

Well, ideally, this contains the data of the last sector transferred. 
It provides a sanity check on the data transfer path.

So you should be able to do a "read sector buffer" after the aborted 
"read sector" and get some clue.

At least that's my understanding.

--Chuck



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