INT 41 - SYSTEM DATA - HARD DISK 0 PARAMETER TABLE Note: the default parameter table array is located at F000h:E401h in 100% compatible BIOSes; the pointer may be overridden by the hard disk controller's BIOS to support drive formats unknown to the ROM BIOS SeeAlso: INT 13/AH=09h,INT 1E,INT 46 Format of fixed disk parameters: Offset Size Description 00h WORD number of cylinders 02h BYTE number of heads 03h WORD starting reduced write current cylinder (XT only, 0 for others) 05h WORD starting write precompensation cylinder number 07h BYTE maximum ECC burst length (XT only) 08h BYTE control byte bits 0-2: drive option (XT only, 0 for others) bit 3: set if more than 8 heads (AT and later only) bit 4: always 0 bit 5: set if manufacturer's defect map on max cylinder+1 (AT and later only) bit 6: disable ECC retries bit 7: disable access retries 09h BYTE standard timeout (XT only, 0 for others) 0Ah BYTE formatting timeout (XT and WD1002 only, 0 for others) 0Bh BYTE timeout for checking drive (XT and WD1002 only, 0 for others) 0Ch WORD cylinder number of landing zone (AT and later only) 0Eh BYTE number of sectors per track (AT and later only) 0Fh BYTE reserved .