Extended BPB for Devices

      The term Extended BPB refers to the BIOS Parameter Block. It is a table that describes the structure of the media and the physical layout of the drive (heads, tracks, sectors).

      The Extended BPB has the following format:

      ┌─────────────────────────┬───────┐
      │Field                    │Length │
      ├─────────────────────────┼───────┤
      │Bytes per Sector         │WORD   │
      ├─────────────────────────┼───────┤
      │Sectors per Cluster      │BYTE   │
      ├─────────────────────────┼───────┤
      │Reserved Sectors         │WORD   │
      ├─────────────────────────┼───────┤
      │Number of FATs           │BYTE   │
      ├─────────────────────────┼───────┤
      │Root Directory Entries   │WORD   │
      ├─────────────────────────┼───────┤
      │Total Sectors            │WORD   │
      ├─────────────────────────┼───────┤
      │Media Descriptor         │BYTE   │
      ├─────────────────────────┼───────┤
      │Sectors per FAT          │WORD   │
      ├─────────────────────────┼───────┤
      │Sectors per Track        │WORD   │
      ├─────────────────────────┼───────┤
      │Number of Heads          │WORD   │
      ├─────────────────────────┼───────┤
      │Hidden Sectors           │DWORD  │
      ├─────────────────────────┼───────┤
      │Large Total Sectors      │DWORD  │
      ├─────────────────────────┼───────┤
      │Reserved                 │6 BYTES│
      └─────────────────────────┴───────┘
      


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