SdFat
Public Attributes
fat_boot Struct Reference

Boot sector for a FAT12/FAT16 volume. More...

#include <SdFatStructs.h>

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Public Attributes

uint8_t bootCode [448]
uint8_t bootSectorSig0
uint8_t bootSectorSig1
uint8_t bootSignature
uint16_t bytesPerSector
uint8_t driveNumber
uint8_t fatCount
char fileSystemType [8]
uint16_t headCount
uint32_t hidddenSectors
uint8_t jump [3]
uint8_t mediaType
char oemId [8]
uint8_t reserved1
uint16_t reservedSectorCount
uint16_t rootDirEntryCount
uint8_t sectorsPerCluster
uint16_t sectorsPerFat16
uint16_t sectorsPerTrack
uint16_t totalSectors16
uint32_t totalSectors32
char volumeLabel [11]
uint32_t volumeSerialNumber

Detailed Description

Boot sector for a FAT12/FAT16 volume.


Member Data Documentation

uint8_t fat_boot::bootCode[448]

X86 boot code

must be 0X55

must be 0XAA

0X29 if next three fields are valid

The size of a hardware sector. Valid decimal values for this field are 512, 1024, 2048, and 4096. For most disks used in the United States, the value of this field is 512.

Related to the BIOS physical drive number. Floppy drives are identified as 0x00 and physical hard disks are identified as 0x80, regardless of the number of physical disk drives. Typically, this value is set prior to issuing an INT 13h BIOS call to specify the device to access. The value is only relevant if the device is a boot device.

The number of copies of the FAT on the volume. The value of this field is always 2.

A field with a value of either FAT, FAT12 or FAT16, depending on the disk format.

Number of heads for interrupt 0x13. Not used otherwise.

Count of hidden sectors preceding the partition that contains this FAT volume. This field is generally only relevant for media visible on interrupt 0x13.

uint8_t fat_boot::jump[3]

The first three bytes of the boot sector must be valid, executable x 86-based CPU instructions. This includes a jump instruction that skips the next nonexecutable bytes.

This dates back to the old MS-DOS 1.x media determination and is no longer usually used for anything. 0xF8 is the standard value for fixed (nonremovable) media. For removable media, 0xF0 is frequently used. Legal values are 0xF0 or 0xF8-0xFF.

char fat_boot::oemId[8]

This is typically a string of characters that identifies the operating system that formatted the volume.

used by Windows NT - should be zero for FAT

The number of sectors preceding the start of the first FAT, including the boot sector. The value of this field is always 1.

For FAT12 and FAT16 volumes, this field contains the count of 32-byte directory entries in the root directory. For FAT32 volumes, this field must be set to 0. For FAT12 and FAT16 volumes, this value should always specify a count that when multiplied by 32 results in a multiple of bytesPerSector. FAT16 volumes should use the value 512.

Number of sectors per allocation unit. This value must be a power of 2 that is greater than 0. The legal values are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128. 128 should be avoided.

Count of sectors occupied by one FAT on FAT12/FAT16 volumes. On FAT32 volumes this field must be 0, and sectorsPerFat32 contains the FAT size count.

Sectors per track for interrupt 0x13. Not used otherwise.

This field is the old 16-bit total count of sectors on the volume. This count includes the count of all sectors in all four regions of the volume. This field can be 0; if it is 0, then totalSectors32 must be nonzero. For FAT32 volumes, this field must be 0. For FAT12 and FAT16 volumes, this field contains the sector count, and totalSectors32 is 0 if the total sector count fits (is less than 0x10000).

This field is the new 32-bit total count of sectors on the volume. This count includes the count of all sectors in all four regions of the volume. This field can be 0; if it is 0, then totalSectors16 must be nonzero.

A field once used to store the volume label. The volume label is now stored as a special file in the root directory.

A random serial number created when formatting a disk, which helps to distinguish between disks. Usually generated by combining date and time.


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