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View Ref-File3.6  BIOS error-messages                                           TOS

Errors are reported by the BIOS and XBIOS as negative values. The 
folllowing list contains all known error-messages:

 No. Name         Meaning

    0 E_OK        OK. No error has arisen
   -1 ERROR       Generic error (not specified precisely)
   -2 EDRVNR      Addressed device/drive not ready
   -3 EUNCMD      The specified command is unknown
   -4 E_CRC       Error when reading a sector / CRC error
   -5 EBADRQ      Bad request / The device cannot execute the command
   -6 E_SEEK      Drive couldn't reach the specified track
   -7 EMEDIA      Read error (medium has a wrong boot sector)
   -8 ESECNF      Sector was not found
   -9 EPAPER      Printer is not ready / Out of paper
  -10 EWRITF      Error during a write operation
  -11 EREADF      Error during a read operation
  -12 EGENRL      General error
  -13 EWRPRO      Medium is write-protected
  -14 E_CHNG      Medium was changed after a write operation
  -15 EUNDEV      Device is not known to the operating system
  -16 EBADSF      Bad sectors detected during formatting
  -17 EOTHER      Another floppy disk must be inserted. This error 
                  only appears if Drive B: is accessed without it 
                  being connected. In such a case the user is asked to 
                  insert a floppy disk into the first drive.
  -18 EINSERT     MetaDOS error: Insert medium
  -19 EDVNRSP     MetaDOS error: Device does not reply
 -128 SNDNOTLOCK  Falcon XBIOS: Sound-system not reserved
 -129 SNDLOCKED   Falcon XBIOS: Sound-system already reserved

See also: Error-messages in MagiC   GEMDOS error-messages