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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