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;* GetDiskSize - Gets size information from specified disk.
;*
;* Shows:   DOS Function - 36h (Get Drive Allocation Information)
;*
;* Params:  drive - Drive code (0 = default, 1 = A, 2 = B, etc.)
;*          disk  - Pointer to a structure with 4 short integer members:
;*                  Member 1 - Total clusters on disk
;*                  Member 2 - Number of available clusters
;*                  Member 3 - Sectors/cluster (-1 if invalid drive)
;*                  Member 4 - Bytes/sector
;*
;* Return:  None
 
GetDiskSize PROC \
        USES di, \
        drive:WORD, disk:PTR WORD
 
        mov     dx, drive               ; DL = drive code
        mov     ah, 36h                 ; DOS Function 36h
        int     21h                     ; Get Drive Allocation Information
        LoadPtr es, di, disk            ; ES:DI = disk structure
        mov     es:[di].total, dx       ; DX = total clusters
        mov     es:[di].avail, bx       ; BX = number of free clusters
        mov     es:[di].sects, ax       ; AX = sectors/cluster
        mov     es:[di].bytes, cx       ; CX = bytes/sector
        ret
 
GetDiskSize ENDP
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