Fat 12 Bootsector

[gmoney]

What lsn is the bootsector? ive read many manual and some say 1, and other say 0

Logical Sector 0 Boot Sector

The logical sector l on track T, head H, sector S is located at
0x00 0x02 <a jump instruction to 0x1e>
0x03 0x0a Computer manufacturer?s name ..

when i use this code

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uint8_t *buf = (uint8_t *) 0x1E;
// Read Sector( Device, lsn, buffer);
	ReadSector(FD_DEV0, 0,(uint32_t*)buf);
	strncpy(oem, &buf[0x03], 7);
	printf("floppy = %s \n", oem);

it reads out "o";
and when i use this code

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uint8_t *buf = (uint8_t *) 0x1E;
// Read Sector( Device, lsn, buffer);
	ReadSector(FD_DEV0, 1,(uint32_t*)buf);
	strncpy(oem, &buf[0x03], 7);
	printf("floppy = %s \n", oem);

it reads out "o"
Basically right now im trying to find out the bootsector lsn so i can Print out the manufacturer?s name thanks for your help in advance

[JAAman]

lsn? do you mean LBA (logical Block Address)

it would be 0 -- it is the first sector on the partition, and LBA numbers are 0 based so the bootsector is sector 0

however be warned -- CHS is not 0 based, so H=0, C=0, S=1 (not 0)


also note -- the OEM name is often garbage (random characters)

[gmoney]

lsn = logical sector number and its the same as lba ,come on now jaaman everybody knows that lol and i used 1 but the manufacture name still didnt come up but thanks anywayz for your help.

[Da_Maestro]

Look for the 0x55AA at the end of the sector. This number is the signature that the BIOS looks for when it's booting from the disk

[JAAman]

i will try to remember never to help you again, as you dont even read my post!! before replying about how stupid i am

i specifically said it should be lba 0 not lba 1 and you proceed to tell me im stupid, and that you tried 1 and it didnt work

and then i also reminded you that very often the OEM name field (its proper title is OEMname not manufacters name, and is actually the name of the OS which formatted the disk) contains nothing but garbage (random characters)

[rexlunae]

lsn = logical sector number and its the same as lba ,come on now jaaman everybody knows that

Well, fyi, I havn't heard that tla either. Perhaps I need to gac. But anyway, I know enough not to ipiaqo.

[Da_Maestro]

Teach me these other fla's (first letter anacronym) asap.

gmoney, look through the forums for CHS2LBA conversion code. Use it and read block 0.

[gmoney]

JAAman i wasn't trying to call you stupid but i thought everybody knew what lsn was and the reason i used 1 and not 0 is because 0 on a floppy is c=16777215, h= 1, s= 128 and 1 is c=0, h=0, s=1 when using lsn to chs converter. im reading some docs on lba so i can implement it into my floppy drive. Thanks everybody for you help and replys.

[gmoney]

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[Da_Maestro]

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