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...- VBR - 512 bytes of padding (never lands in memory) - ldlinux.sys, which is: - Sect1 code (494 bytes, leaving enough room for at least one extent, as planned) - Extent pointer patch space (1920 bytes) - The rest of the code ldlinux.bin's in-memory layout: - VBR @ 0:7C00 (or wherever else a crazy BIOS might put it) - ldlinux.sys @ 0:8000 - Sect1 code @ 0:8000 - Extent pointers @ 0:81EE - The rest of the code @ 0:896E Proposal for a future style: ldlinux.bin == ldlinux.sys ldlinux.sys' physical layout: - Sect1 code - Extent point...

I want to use ISOLINUX and a COM32 image or a modified MEMDISK to copy a large chunk into RAM, and move a portion of this chunk (a COM program) down to 7C00h so that it can be executed similar to a boot sector. I've tried this with a COM32 image without much success, particularly due to my limited knowledge in Assembly. Any help would be greatly appreciated, but it would be even better if you can point me to some code that does this. Thanks in a...

Hi, I am mucking around with the pxelinux code for S&G's and I have a generic question about the pxe calling convention: Does the parameter structure and opcode HAVE to be passed onto the stack the PXE BIOS passed in when the pxelinux binary is executed at 0:7C00? The PXE spec says: "SS:SP is to contain the address of the beginning of the unused portion of the PXE services stack." (not sure exactly what that means yet) I ask this because I'm getting a General Failure Error (ax = 0x1) and I think its because I am using a different stack. I...

Hello List, I have a small problem with the ring when transferring blocks the id on the response is different from the request. This is the boot up read, count 0. The guest requests block 0, it has to be located at 7c00. I go ahead and create a REQUEST with this data: ring_req = RING_GET_REQUEST(priv,priv->req_prod_pvt); ring_req->id = 9; ring_req->nr_segments=1; ring_req->operation = BLKIF_OP_READ; ring_req->sector_number = (int)op->lba; //sector to be read ring_req->seg[0].gref = (bi->bu...

...Header Indicator: 0x01 (Validation Entry) PlatformId: 0x00 (80x86) ID: "" Checksum: 0x55aa Key bytes: 0x55aa Boot Catalog Default Entry: Entry is bootable Boot Media emulation type: no emulation Media load segment: 0x0 (0000:7c00) System type: 0 (0x00) Load Sectors: 4 (0x0004) Load LBA: 22792 (0x00005908) Section Header Entry: Header Indicator: 0x91 (Final Section Header Entry) PlatformId: 0xef (EFI) Section Entries: 1 ID: "" Boot Catalog Section Entry:...

...e and boot sector use separate options to control load address and jump address (if applicable). Options are as described below: * segbs=<seg[:off[:ip]]> * main control of where the sector (boot sector or mbr) should be loaded * at, and where to actually jump. Default value is 0:7C00:7C00. Numbers * are parsed as *HEX* values. Of course, if you set custom segbs without * specifying some of the values (or leaving empty field near colon), * unspecified ones are assumed 0. Overall, sector is loaded at seg:off, * and the jump is made to seg:ip. * * seg=&lt...

-- Re-sent as original may be stuck at awaiting "authorisation" (originally sent before I joined the mailing list) Hi All, It is impossible to boot Linux-based ISOs that use Syslinux 6.02 via CD or DVD on older - non-UEFI - systems. Any attempt to do so will result in the following error message: ISOLINUX 6.02 ETCDisolinux: Disk error 01, AX = 4279, drive FE It is still possible to

...msdos=<loader> Load MS-DOS IO.SYS\n\ - pcdos=<loader> Load PC-DOS IBMBIO.COM\n\ - grub=<loader> Load GRUB stage2\n\ - grldr=<loader> Load GRUB4DOS grldr\n\ - seg=<segment> Jump to <seg>:0000, instead of 0000:7C00\n\ - swap Swap drive numbers, if bootdisk is not fd0/hd0\n\ - hide Hide primary partitions, except selected partition\n\ - sethidden Set the FAT/NTFS hidden sectors field\n\ - keeppxe Keep the PXE and UNDI stacks in mem...

...0000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 = 2 RESERVED (d6) 3: 0000000000100000 - 00000000bf7ff000 = 1 RAM (d6) 4: 00000000bf7ff000 - 00000000bf800000 = 2 RESERVED (d6) 5: 00000000fc000000 - 0000000100000000 = 2 RESERVED (d6) enter handle_19: (d6) NULL (d6) Booting from Hard Disk... (d6) Booting from 0000:7c00 (d7) HVM Loader (d7) Detected Xen v4.6.6-9.el7 (d7) Xenbus rings @0xfeffc000, event channel 1 (d7) System requested SeaBIOS (d7) CPU speed is 3607 MHz (d7) Relocating guest memory for lowmem MMIO space disabled (d7) PCI-ISA link 0 routed to IRQ5 (d7) PCI-ISA link 1 routed to IRQ10 (d7) PCI-ISA link...

...registers prior executing the SYSLINUX: > > EAX=00000000 EBX=00000AA0 ECX=000A9300 EDX=00093AA0 > > ESI=422E2B30 EDI=00000A40 EBP=00000007 ESP=00002D12 EIP=0000030E > > CS=9300 DS=93AE ES=9300 FS=93AE GS=93AE SS=93AE C=0 Z=0 D=0 I=1 S=0 > > > > 9300:030E CALL FAR 0000:7C00 > > 9300:0313 ADD SP,0004 > > 9300:0316 RET > > 9300:0317 PUSHF > > 9300:0318 PUSH CS > > 9300:0319 PUSH 031F > > 9300:031C PUSH EAX > > 9300:031E RETF > > 9300:031F RET > > 9300:0320 CALL FAR WORD PTR SS:[139C] > > 9300:0325 RE...

...The temporary interface is: AH = 60h AL = drive number to boot ... AFTER memdisk is removed DL = memdisk drive number int 13h The restore-and-boot sequence is as follows: 1. validate the checksum on the upper 128 interrupt vectors 2. read the MBR boot sector from the specified device int 0:7C00h 3. restore the lower 128 interrupt vectors 4. restore BIOS_EQUIP and BIOS_HD_COUNT 5. jump to 0:7C00h Questions --------- I chose 60h because Ralf Brown's interrupt list (http://www.ctyme.com/rbrown.htm) did not indicate that it was being used for anything else. I also thought about ov...

...ion Entry) > PlatformId: 0x00 (80x86) > ID: "" > Checksum: 0x55aa > Key bytes: 0x55aa > Boot Catalog Default Entry: > Entry is bootable > Boot Media emulation type: no emulation > Media load segment: 0x0 (0000:7c00) > System type: 0 (0x00) > Load Sectors: 4 (0x0004) > Load LBA: 22792 (0x00005908) > Section Header Entry: > Header Indicator: 0x91 (Final Section Header Entry) > PlatformId: 0xef (EFI) > Section Entries: 1 > ID: "...

...#39;re a floppy emulation mode or our params will be * overwritten by the no emulation mode case @@ -831,7 +835,6 @@ void setup(const struct real_mode_args *rm_args_ptr) int no_bpt; /* No valid BPT presented */ uint32_t boot_seg = 0; /* Meaning 0000:7C00 */ uint32_t boot_len = 512; /* One sector */ - uint32_t boot_lba = 0; /* LBA of bootstrap code */ /* We need to copy the rm_args into their proper place */ memcpy(&rm_args, rm_args_ptr, sizeof rm_args); @@ -1027,11 +1030,12 @@ void setup(const struct real_mode_args *rm_...

Hello! Is it possible to load a virtual DOS Floppy with memdisk to do a few things (e.g. scan for viruses, copy a hard disk image from the network to the local disk) and continue booting from the local hard disk without a reboot? Cheers Alex

...: (XEN) HVM14: (XEN) HVM14: Press F12 for boot menu. (XEN) HVM14: (XEN) HVM14: Booting from CD-Rom... (XEN) HVM14: CDROM boot failure code : 0002 (XEN) HVM14: Boot from CD-Rom failed: could not read the boot disk (XEN) HVM14: (XEN) HVM14: Booting from Hard Disk... (XEN) HVM14: Booting from 0000:7c00 (XEN) irq.c:375: Dom14 callback via changed to Direct Vector 0xf3 (XEN) irq.c:270: Dom14 PCI link 0 changed 5 -> 0 (XEN) irq.c:270: Dom14 PCI link 1 changed 10 -> 0 (XEN) irq.c:270: Dom14 PCI link 2 changed 11 -> 0 (XEN) irq.c:270: Dom14 PCI link 3 changed 5 -> 0 (XEN) HVM14: S3 resume...

...= 2 RESERVED > (d6) 3: 0000000000100000 - 00000000bf7ff000 = 1 RAM > (d6) 4: 00000000bf7ff000 - 00000000bf800000 = 2 RESERVED > (d6) 5: 00000000fc000000 - 0000000100000000 = 2 RESERVED > (d6) enter handle_19: > (d6) NULL > (d6) Booting from Hard Disk... > (d6) Booting from 0000:7c00 > (d7) HVM Loader > (d7) Detected Xen v4.6.6-9.el7 > (d7) Xenbus rings @0xfeffc000, event channel 1 > (d7) System requested SeaBIOS > (d7) CPU speed is 3607 MHz > (d7) Relocating guest memory for lowmem MMIO space disabled > (d7) PCI-ISA link 0 routed to IRQ5 > (d7) PCI-ISA...

...ot; " pcdos=<loader> load PC-DOS ibmbio.com\n" @@ -876,6 +886,13 @@ } } + /* To boot the Recovery Console of Windows NT/2K/XP we need to write + the string "cmdcons\0" to memory location 0000:7C03. + Memory location 0000:7C00 contains the bootsector of the partition. + */ + if (opt.cmldr) + strcpy((char *) 0x7c03, "cmdcons"); + } else if (partinfo) { /* Actually read the boot sector */ /* Pick the first buffer that isn't already in use */

...d GRUB stage2\n\ + grub=<loader> Load GRUB Legacy stage2\n\ + grubcfg=<filename> Set alternative config filename for GRUB Legacy\n\ grldr=<loader> Load GRUB4DOS grldr\n\ seg=<segment> Jump to <seg>:0000, instead of 0000:7C00\n\ swap Swap drive numbers, if bootdisk is not fd0/hd0\n\ @@ -1349,6 +1355,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) opt.seg = 0x800; /* stage2 wants this address */ opt.loadfile = argv[i] + 5; opt.grub = true; + } else if (!strncmp(argv[i], "grubcfg=&quot...

...hile since I looked and don't immediately recall where. > If it is OK I have another question. > In order to measure BIOS up time and SYSLINUX up time I need of course to take a sample at the bootloader beginning. > What is the bootloader beginning? The jump to the bootloader at 0000:7C00 in core/diskstart.inc for SYSLINUX. > I take it in the com32 module I've written but it probably being called after some initialization is already done. > > Thanks again for your help. -- -Gene

Hello, I am working on a legacy BIOS extension that is used to provide a centralised and managed boot process for a secure environment. Due to an assortment of reasons the access to hard disk / CD-ROM devices has had to be implemented at a low level (reading/writing IDE controller registers) rather than relying on the int 13h services provided by the system BIOS. Booting hard disks is working