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Category: DOS kernel
INT 21 - DOS 2+ - GET DOS DRIVE PARAMETER BLOCK FOR SPECIFIC DRIVE
AH = 32h
DL = drive number (00h = default, 01h = A:, etc)
Return: AL = status
00h successful
DS:BX -> Drive Parameter Block (DPB) (see #01395) for specified
drive
FFh invalid or network drive
Notes: the OS/2 compatibility box supports the DOS 3.3 version of this call
except for the DWORD at offset 12h
this call updates the DPB by reading the disk; the DPB may be accessed
via the DOS list of lists (see #01627 at AH=52h) if disk access is not
desirable.
undocumented prior to the release of DOS 5.0; only the DOS 4.0+
version of the DPB has been documented, however
supported by DR DOS 3.41+; DR DOS 3.41-6.0 return the same data as
MS-DOS 3.31
IBM ROM-DOS v4.0 also reports invalid/network (AL=FFh) on the ROM drive
SeeAlso: AH=1Fh,AH=52h,AX=7302h