Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 21:31:05 -0500
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> Could this limit be removed in the next version of the C library?
> Or raised to 21 sectors? The Win95 install floppies have
> 21 sectors per track (1.68 meg per disk), as do various
> demo disks, OS boot disks, etc.

It can be raised pretty easily, but making it dynamically adjust will
be trickier.

http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/cvs.html

You want src/libc/bios/biosdisk.c

Send patches to djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com for review.

Does anyone know of any floppies with more than 21 sectors that the
BIOS calls support?