From:	kconder AT interaccess DOT com (Kevin Conder)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Need help with BIOS-level floppy commands.
Date:	Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:26:22 GMT
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	I am trying to read a floppy diskette that has been formatted with 
an Ensoniq EPS keyboard (think synthesizer, not typing).  This diskette is
DS DD and uses 10 sectors/track.  Normal DOS diskettes are formatted as 
9 sectors/track.

	I have written a program that reads a normal DOS diskette using 
biosdisk() commands.  I haven't been able to use those commands to read 
the EPS formatted diskette.  Somehow I need to get the floppy drive 
controller to use 10 sectors/track.

	I've tried using biosdisk(): cmd = 24, sectors = 10.  But this 
returns an error, 0xC: command not supported or drive type unknown. 

	Does anyone know what else I could use?  I'm not averse to 
using ioctl() or __dpmi_int(0x13, ...).  I just can't find a lot of 
documentation that applies to my problem.

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Kevin Conder, kevin AT kevindumpscore DOT com

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