INT 24 - DOS 1+ - CRITICAL ERROR HANDLER Note: invoked when a critical (usually hardware) error is encountered; should never be called directly SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=95h Critical error handler is invoked with: AH = type and processing flags bit 7 clear = disk I/O error set = -- if block device, bad FAT image in memory -- if char device, error code in DI bit 6 unused bit 5 = 1 if Ignore allowed, 0 if not (DOS 3+) bit 4 = 1 if Retry allowed, 0 if not (DOS 3+) bit 3 = 1 if Fail allowed, 0 if not (DOS 3+) bit 2 \ disk area of error 00 = DOS area 01 = FAT bit 1 / 10 = root dir 11 = data area bit 0 = 1 if write, 0 if read AL = drive number if AH bit 7 clear BP:SI -> device driver header (BP:[SI+4] bit 15 set if char device) DI low byte contains error code if AH bit 7 set 00h write-protection violation attempted 01h unknown unit for driver 02h drive not ready 03h unknown command given to driver 04h data error (bad CRC) 05h bad device driver request structure length 06h seek error 07h unknown media type 08h sector not found 09h printer out of paper 0Ah write fault 0Bh read fault 0Ch general failure 0Dh (DOS 3+) sharing violation 0Eh (DOS 3+) lock violation 0Fh invalid disk change 10h (DOS 3+) FCB unavailable 11h (DOS 3+) sharing buffer overflow 12h (DOS 4+) code page mismatch 13h (DOS 4+) out of input 14h (DOS 4+) insufficient disk space STACK: DWORD return address for INT 24 call WORD flags pushed by INT 24 WORD original AX on entry to INT 21 WORD BX WORD CX WORD DX WORD SI WORD DI WORD BP WORD DS WORD ES DWORD return address for INT 21 call WORD flags pushed by INT 21 Handler must return: AL = action code 00h ignore error and continue processing request 01h retry operation 02h terminate program through the equivalent of INT 21/AH=4Ch (INT 20h for DOS 1.x) 03h fail system call in progress SS,SP,DS,ES,BX,CX,DX preserved Notes: the only DOS calls the handler may make are INT 21/AH=01h-0Ch,30h,59h if the handler returns to the application by popping the stack, DOS will be in an unstable state until the first call with AH > 0Ch for DOS 3.1+, IGNORE (AL=00h) is turned into FAIL (AL=03h) on network critical errors if IGNORE specified but not allowed, it is turned into FAIL if RETRY specified but not allowed, it is turned into FAIL if FAIL specified but not allowed, it is turned into ABORT (DOS 3+) if a critical error occurs inside the critical error handler, the DOS call is automatically failed .