'===========================================================================
' Subject: READ HARD DRIVE BOOT SECTOR       Date: 07-04-95 (00:00)       
' Author:  Christy Gemmell                   Code: VBDOS                  
' Keys:    READ,HARD,DRIVE,BOOT,SECTOR     Packet: VB.ABC
'===========================================================================
' BOOTSEC.BAS   reads the hard drive boot sector into memory.
'
'   Author:     Christy Gemmell
'   Additions:  Martin Overton
'               David Milton
'   Date:       4/7/1995
'
'   $INCLUDE: 'VBDOS.BI'
'
	DECLARE SUB BootSex (Drive$, ParTable%, Done%)

	CONST FALSE = 0, TRUE = NOT FALSE

	DIM SHARED Regs AS RegTypeX
	DIM SHARED Sector AS STRING * 512
	DIM SHARED Part AS STRING * 512

	CLS : PRINT : Drive$ = "C:"         ' Read from drive C:
	BootSex Drive$, ParTable%, Done%    ' Read boot sector
	IF Done% THEN                       ' If successful...
	   PRINT "Boot Sector for Drive "; Drive$
	   PRINT "========================"
	   PRINT "Media descriptor  = "; HEX$(ASC(MID$(Sector, 22, 8)))
	   PRINT "OEM Identifier    = "; MID$(Sector, 4, 8)
	   PRINT "Volume label      = "; MID$(Sector, 44, 11)
	   PRINT "Serial number     = ";
	   FOR I% = 43 TO 40 STEP -1
			   PRINT RIGHT$("0" + HEX$(ASC(MID$(Sector, I%, 1))), 2);
			   IF I% = 42 THEN PRINT "-";
	   NEXT I%
	   PRINT : PRINT "File system       = "; MID$(Sector, 55, 8)
	   PRINT
	   IF ParTable% THEN
			  PRINT "Partition Table for Drive "; Drive$
			  PRINT "============================"
			  I% = 447: P% = 1
			  DO
					 PRINT "Partition"; P%;
					 IF ASC(MID$(Part, I%, 1)) = 128 THEN
							PRINT TAB(21); "ACTIVE PARTITION";
					 END IF
					 OS% = ASC(MID$(Part, I% + 4, 1))
					 PRINT TAB(41);
					 SELECT CASE OS%
							 CASE 0
									  PRINT "Empty"
							 CASE 1
									  PRINT "DOS 12-bit FAT"
							 CASE 4
									  PRINT "DOS 16-bit FAT (up to 32MB)"
							 CASE 5
									  PRINT "Extended partition"
							 CASE 6
									  PRINT "16-bit FAT (over 32MB)"
							 CASE 7
									  PRINT "OS/2 HPFS or Windows NTFS"
							 CASE ELSE
									  PRINT
					 END SELECT
					 I% = I% + 16: P% = P% + 1
			  LOOP UNTIL P% > 4
			  PRINT
			  Sig& = ASC(MID$(Part, I%, 1)) + (256& * ASC(MID$(Part, I% + 1, 1)))
			  IF Sig& = 43605 THEN
					 PRINT "Valid boot block"
			  END IF
	   END IF
	   PRINT "-----------------------------------------------------------"
	END IF
END

'   Read the boot sector and partition table of a specified drive.
'
SUB BootSex (Drive$, ParTable%, Done%)
	LSET Sector = STRING$(512, 0)       ' Fill sector buffer with zeroes
	Disk% = ASC(UCASE$(Drive$)) - 65    ' Get drive number
	Head% = 0                           ' Floppies use head zero
	IF Disk% > 1 THEN                   ' Adjust
	   Disk% = (Disk% + 128) - 2        '   for hard
	   Head% = 1                        '     disk
	END IF                              '       drives
	Regs.cx = &H1                       ' Get sector 1 of track zero
	Regs.dx = (Head% * 256) + Disk%     '   of selected drive
	Regs.ax = &H201                     ' Read one full sector
	Regs.bx = VARPTR(Sector)            ' Offset of read buffer
	Regs.es = VARSEG(Sector)            ' Segment of read buffer
	INTERRUPTX &H13, Regs, Regs         ' Read sector into memory
	IF Regs.flags AND 1 THEN            ' Test carry flag for error
	   Done% = FALSE                    ' If set report an error
	ELSE                                ' Otherwise
	   IF Disk% > 1 THEN                ' Hard drive
			  LSET Part = STRING$(512, 0)   ' Fill partition buffer with zeroes
			  Head% = 0                     ' Partition table is under head zero
			  Regs.cx = &H1                 ' Get sector 1 of track zero
			  Regs.dx = (Head% * 256) + Disk% ' of selected drive
			  Regs.ax = &H201               ' Read one full sector
			  Regs.bx = VARPTR(Part)        ' Offset of read buffer
			  Regs.es = VARSEG(Part)        ' Segment of read buffer
			  INTERRUPTX &H13, Regs, Regs   ' Read sector into memory
			  IF Regs.flags AND 1 THEN      ' Test carry flag for error
				 ParTable% = FALSE          ' If set report failure
			  ELSE                          ' Otherwise
				 ParTable% = TRUE           ' Report success
			  END IF
	   END IF
	   Done% = TRUE                     ' report success
	END IF
END SUB