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Note: This API call is for DOS and Win16 personality only. Use Family API for portability.
Int 21H, AH=59H
Version
3 and higher
Brief
GET EXTENDED ERROR INFORMATION
Family API
Input
AH = 59h BX = 0000h
Return
AX = extended error code (see #01680) BH = error class (see #01682) BL = recommended action (see #01683) CH = error locus (see #01684) ES:DI may be pointer (see #01681, #01680) CL, DX, SI, BP, and DS destroyed
Notes
functions available under DOS 2.x map the true DOS 3.0+ error code into one supported under DOS 2.x
you should call this function to retrieve the true error code when an FCB or DOS 2.x call returns an error
under DR DOS 5.0, this function does not use any of the DOS-internal stacks and may thus be called at any time
Values for DOS extended error code:
| —DOS 2.0+ — | |
| 00h (0) | no error |
| 01h (1) | function number invalid |
| 02h (2) | file not found |
| 03h (3) | path not found |
| 04h (4) | too many open files (no handles available) |
| 05h (5) | access denied |
| 06h (6) | invalid handle |
| 07h (7) | memory control block destroyed |
| 08h (8) | insufficient memory |
| 09h (9) | memory block address invalid |
| 0Ah (10) | environment invalid (usually >32K in length) |
| 0Bh (11) | format invalid |
| 0Ch (12) | access code invalid |
| 0Dh (13) | data invalid |
| 0Eh (14) | reserved |
| 0Eh (14) | (PTS-DOS 6.51+, S/DOS 1.0+) fixup overflow |
| 0Fh (15) | invalid drive |
| 10h (16) | attempted to remove current directory |
| 11h (17) | not same device |
| 12h (18) | no more files |
| —DOS 3.0+ (INT 24 errors)— | |
| 13h (19) | disk write-protected |
| 14h (20) | unknown unit |
| 15h (21) | drive not ready |
| 16h (22) | unknown command |
| 17h (23) | data error (CRC) |
| 18h (24) | bad request structure length |
| 19h (25) | seek error |
| 1Ah (26) | unknown media type (non-DOS disk) |
| 1Bh (27) | sector not found |
| 1Ch (28) | printer out of paper |
| 1Dh (29) | write fault |
| 1Eh (30) | read fault |
| 1Fh (31) | general failure |
| 20h (32) | sharing violation |
| 21h (33) | lock violation |
| 22h (34) | disk change invalid (ES:DI → media ID structure)(see #01681) |
| 23h (35) | FCB unavailable |
| 23h (35) | (PTS-DOS 6.51+, S/DOS 1.0+) bad FAT |
| 24h (36) | sharing buffer overflow |
| 25h (37) | (DOS 4.0+) code page mismatch |
| 26h (38) | (DOS 4.0+) cannot complete file operation (EOF / out of input) |
| 27h (39) | (DOS 4.0+) insufficient disk space |
| 28h-31h | reserved |
| —OEM network errors (INT 24)— | |
| 32h (50) | network request not supported |
| 33h (51) | remote computer not listening |
| 34h (52) | duplicate name on network |
| 35h (53) | network name not found |
| 36h (54) | network busy |
| 37h (55) | network device no longer exists |
| 38h (56) | network BIOS command limit exceeded |
| 39h (57) | network adapter hardware error |
| 3Ah (58) | incorrect response from network |
| 3Bh (59) | unexpected network error |
| 3Ch (60) | incompatible remote adapter |
| 3Dh (61) | print queue full |
| 3Eh (62) | queue not full |
| 3Fh (63) | not enough space to print file |
| 40h (64) | network name was deleted |
| 41h (65) | network: Access denied (DOS 3.0+ [maybe 3.3+???]) codepage switching not possible (see also INT 21/AX=6602h,INT 2F/AX=AD42h) |
| 42h (66) | network device type incorrect |
| 43h (67) | network name not found |
| 44h (68) | network name limit exceeded |
| 45h (69) | network BIOS session limit exceeded |
| 46h (70) | temporarily paused |
| 47h (71) | network request not accepted |
| 48h (72) | network print/disk redirection paused |
| 49h (73) | network software not installed (LANtastic) invalid network version |
| 4Ah (74) | unexpected adapter close (LANtastic) account expired |
| 4Bh (75) | (LANtastic) password expired |
| 4Ch (76) | (LANtastic) login attempt invalid at this time |
| 4Dh (77) | (LANtastic v3+) disk limit exceeded on network node |
| 4Eh (78) | (LANtastic v3+) not logged in to network node |
| 4Fh (79) | reserved |
| —end of errors reportable via INT 24— | |
| 50h (80) | file exists |
| 51h (81) | (undoc) duplicated FCB |
| 52h (82) | cannot make directory |
| 53h (83) | fail on INT 24h |
| —network-related errors (non-INT 24)— | |
| 54h (84) | (DOS 3.3+) too many redirections / out of structures |
| 55h (85) | (DOS 3.3+) duplicate redirection / already assigned |
| 56h (86) | (DOS 3.3+) invalid password |
| 57h (87) | (DOS 3.3+) invalid parameter |
| 58h (88) | (DOS 3.3+) network write fault |
| 59h (89) | (DOS 4.0+) function not supported on network / no process slots available |
| 5Ah (90) | (DOS 4.0+) required system component not installed / not frozen |
| 5Bh (91) | (DOS 4.0+,NetWare4) timer server table overflowed |
| 5Ch (92) | (DOS 4.0+,NetWare4) duplicate in timer service table |
| 5Dh (93) | (DOS 4.0+,NetWare4) no items to work on |
| 5Fh (95) | (DOS 4.0+,NetWare4) interrupted / invalid system call |
| 64h (100) | (MSCDEX) unknown error |
| 64h (100) | (DOS 4.0+,NetWare4) open semaphore limit exceeded |
| 65h (101) | (MSCDEX) not ready |
| 65h (101) | (DOS 4.0+,NetWare4) exclusive semaphore is already owned |
| 66h (102) | (MSCDEX) EMS memory no longer valid |
| 66h (102) | (DOS 4.0+,NetWare4) semaphore was set when close attempted |
| 67h (103) | (MSCDEX) not High Sierra or ISO-9660 format |
| 67h (103) | (DOS 4.0+,NetWare4) too many exclusive semaphore requests |
| 68h (104) | (MSCDEX) door open |
| 68h (104) | (DOS 4.0+,NetWare4) operation invalid from interrupt handler |
| 69h (105) | (DOS 4.0+,NetWare4) semaphore owner died |
| 6Ah (106) | (DOS 4.0+,NetWare4) semaphore limit exceeded |
| 6Bh (107) | (DOS 4.0+,NetWare4) insert drive B: disk into A: / disk changed |
| 6Ch (108) | (DOS 4.0+,NetWare4) drive locked by another process |
| 6Dh (109) | (DOS 4.0+,NetWare4) broken pipe |
| 6Eh (110) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) pipe open/create failed |
| 6Fh (111) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) pipe buffer overflowed |
| 70h (112) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) disk full |
| 71h (113) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) no more search handles |
| 72h (114) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid target handle for dup2 |
| 73h (115) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) bad user virtual address / protection violation |
| 74h (116) | (DOS 5.0+) VIOKBD request |
| 74h (116) | (NetWare4) error on console I/O |
| 75h (117) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) unknown category code for IOCTL |
| 76h (118) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid value for verify flag |
| 77h (119) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) level four driver not found by DOS IOCTL |
| 78h (120) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid / unimplemented function number |
| 79h (121) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) semaphore timeout |
| 7Ah (122) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) buffer too small to hold return data |
| 7Bh (123) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid character or bad file-system name |
| 7Ch (124) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) unimplemented information level |
| 7Dh (125) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) no volume label found |
| 7Eh (126) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) module handle not found |
| 7Fh (127) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) procedure address not found |
| 80h (128) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) CWait found no children |
| 81h (129) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) CWait children still running |
| 82h (130) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid operation for direct disk-access handle |
| 83h (131) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) attempted seek to negative offset |
| 84h (132) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) attempted to seek on device or pipe |
| —JOIN/SUBST errors— | |
| 85h (133) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) drive already has JOINed drives |
| 86h (134) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) drive is already JOINed |
| 87h (135) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) drive is already SUBSTed |
| 88h (136) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) can not delete drive which is not JOINed |
| 89h (137) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) can not delete drive which is not SUBSTed |
| 8Ah (138) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) can not JOIN to a JOINed drive |
| 8Bh (139) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) can not SUBST to a SUBSTed drive |
| 8Ch (140) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) can not JOIN to a SUBSTed drive |
| 8Dh (141) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) can not SUBST to a JOINed drive |
| 8Eh (142) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) drive is busy |
| 8Fh (143) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) can not JOIN/SUBST to same drive |
| 90h (144) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) directory must not be root directory |
| 91h (145) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) can only JOIN to empty directory |
| 92h (146) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) path is already in use for SUBST |
| 93h (147) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) path is already in use for JOIN |
| 94h (148) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) path is in use by another process |
| 95h (149) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) directory previously SUBSTituted |
| 96h (150) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) system trace error |
| 97h (151) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid event count for DosMuxSemWait |
| 98h (152) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) too many waiting on mutex |
| 99h (153) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid list format |
| 9Ah (154) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) volume label too large |
| 9Bh (155) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) unable to create another TCB |
| 9Ch (156) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) signal refused |
| 9Dh (157) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) segment discarded |
| 9Eh (158) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) segment not locked |
| 9Fh (159) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid thread-ID address |
| —– | |
| A0h (160) | (DOS 5.0+) bad arguments |
| A0h (160) | (NetWare4) bad environment pointer |
| A1h (161) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid pathname passed to EXEC |
| A2h (162) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) signal already pending |
| A3h (163) | (DOS 5.0+) uncertain media |
| A3h (163) | (NetWare4) ERROR_124 mapping |
| A4h (164) | (DOS 5.0+) maximum number of threads reached |
| A4h (164) | (NetWare4) no more process slots |
| A5h (165) | (NetWare4) ERROR_124 mapping |
| B0h (176) | (MS-DOS 7.0) volume is not locked |
| B1h (177) | (MS-DOS 7.0) volume is locked in drive |
| B2h (178) | (MS-DOS 7.0) volume is not removable |
| B4h (180) | (MS-DOS 7.0) lock count has been exceeded |
| B4h (180) | (NetWare4) invalid segment number |
| B5h (181) | (MS-DOS 7.0) a valid eject request failed |
| B5h (181) | (DOS 5.0-6.0,NetWare4) invalid call gate |
| B6h (182) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid ordinal |
| B7h (183) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) shared segment already exists |
| B8h (184) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) no child process to wait for |
| B9h (185) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) NoWait specified and child still running |
| BAh (186) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid flag number |
| BBh (187) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) semaphore does not exist |
| BCh (188) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid starting code segment |
| BDh (189) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid stack segment |
| BEh (190) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid module type (DLL can not be used as application) |
| BFh (191) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid EXE signature |
| C0h (192) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) EXE marked invalid |
| C1h (193) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) bad EXE format (e.g. DOS-mode program) |
| C2h (194) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) iterated data exceeds 64K |
| C3h (195) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid minimum allocation size |
| C4h (196) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) dynamic link from invalid Ring |
| C5h (197) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) IOPL not enabled |
| C6h (198) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) invalid segment descriptor privilege level |
| C7h (199) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) automatic data segment exceeds 64K |
| C8h (200) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) Ring2 segment must be moveable |
| C9h (201) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) relocation chain exceeds segment limit |
| CAh (202) | (DOS 5.0+,NetWare4) infinite loop in relocation chain |
| CBh (203) | (NetWare4) environment variable not found |
| CCh (204) | (NetWare4) not current country |
| CDh (205) | (NetWare4) no signal sent |
| CEh (206) | (NetWare4) file name not 8.3 |
| CFh (207) | (NetWare4) Ring2 stack in use |
| D0h (208) | (NetWare4) meta expansion is too long |
| D1h (209) | (NetWare4) invalid signal number |
| D2h (210) | (NetWare4) inactive thread |
| D3h (211) | (NetWare4) file system information not available |
| D4h (212) | (NetWare4) locked error |
| D5h (213) | (NetWare4) attempted to execute non-family API call in DOS mode |
| D6h (214) | (NetWare4) too many modules |
| D7h (215) | (NetWare4) nesting not allowed |
| E6h (230) | (NetWare4) non-existent pipe, or bad operation |
| E7h (231) | (NetWare4) pipe is busy |
| E8h (232) | (NetWare4) no data available for nonblocking read |
| E9h (233) | (NetWare4) pipe disconnected by server |
| EAh (234) | (NetWare4) more data available |
| FFh (255) | (NetWare4) invalid drive |
Note: there is a report that some Microsoft documentation shifts all DOS
error codes in the range BCh (188) through CAh (202) up by one compared to what is listed here; that is probably a documentation error
SeeAlso: #01682,#01683,#01684,#01961
Format of media ID structure:
| Offset | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 00h | 12 BYTEs | ASCIZ volume label of required disk |
| 0Ch | DWORD | serial number (DOS 4.0+) |
SeeAlso: #01680
Values for DOS Error Class:
| 01h (1) | out of resource (storage space or I/O channels) |
| 02h (2) | temporary situation (file or record lock) |
| 03h (3) | authorization / permission problem (denied access) |
| 04h (4) | internal system error (system software bug) |
| 05h (5) | hardware failure |
| 06h (6) | system failure (configuration file missing or incorrect) |
| 07h (7) | application program error |
| 08h (8) | not found |
| 09h (9) | bad format |
| 0Ah (10) | locked |
| 0Bh (11) | media error |
| 0Ch (12) | already exists / collision with existing item |
| 0Dh (13) | unknown / other |
| 0Eh (14) | (undoc) cannot |
| 0Fh (15) | (undoc) time |
SeeAlso: #01680,#01683,#01684
(Table 01683) Values for DOS Suggested Action:
| 01h | retry |
| 02h | delayed retry (after pause) |
| 03h | prompt user to reenter input |
| 04h | abort after cleanup |
| 05h | immediate abort (“panic”) |
| 06h | ignore |
| 07h | retry after user intervention |
SeeAlso: #01680,#01682,#01684
Values for DOS Error Locus:
| 01h | unknown or not appropriate |
| 02h | block device (disk error) |
| 03h | network related |
| 04h | serial device (timeout) |
| 04h | (PTS-DOS 6.51+ & S/DOS 1.0+) character device |
| 05h | memory related |
See also
AH=59h/BX=0001h,AX=en:docs:dos:api:int21:5d:0a|5D0Ah]],INT 2F/AX=122Dh,INT 24
Note
Text based on Ralf Brown Interrupt List Release 61
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| Hardware info | @Equipment @MemSize |
| Serial I/O | @AuxInit @AuxSendChar @AuxRecieveChar @AuxStatus |
| Tape I/O | @TapeOn @TapeOff @TapeRead @TapeWrite |
| Keyboard I/O | @KbdStatus @CharIn @CharPeek |
| Printer I/O | @PrnPrint @PrnInit @PrnStatus |
| Disk I/O | @DskReset @DskStatus @DskRead @DskWrite @DskVerify @DskFormat |
| Date and Time | @SetTime @GetTime |
| Mouse | @MouInit @MouShowPointer @MouStatus @MouSetPos @MouSetMickey @MouRegion |
| Memory manager | @ModBlok SET_BLOCK |