> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Sylla [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:04 PM > To: Myles Watson > Cc: Kevin O'Connor; Coreboot > Subject: Re: [coreboot] SeaBIOS debug output > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Myles Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here are the two logs for the Windows XP install CD. I'm wondering if > > we should make SeaBIOS pretend to be an older BIOS and see what > > happens. It seems like there was some structure that is returned on a > > BIOS call that tells what version it is. > > > > I used to be able to make it through the install process with ADLO > > (just rombios.c, not rombios32.c), so maybe something in the PCI code > > is messing me up. > > > > I don't know what else to try. Hopefully you can spot something in the > logs. > > Could you try what Kevin did, and install XP on your factory BIOS > (ideally with ACPI disabled) and then try and boot that image with > SeaBIOS?
How do you disable ACPI? The only reference I found said to write to a file on the CD and change the option. There must be another way, right? > From going through a few x86 cpu and chipset turn-ons, I know that in > general, debugging OS boot of a full installation is usually much > easier than trying to debug the installation process of an OS. There > are less obstacles to booting an already-installed image, and there > are much more tools available for debugging the aleady-installed OS. > Once you get that working, you can go back to debugging the CD. I thought XP was picky about the BIOS, and if you upgraded the BIOS you frequently had to reinstall. That's part of the reason I wanted to try the fresh install. > It would be interesting to see if your platform has the same sort of > success that Kevin got on the epia. Maybe your different graphics > controller will work even better. I'll try it. My machine came with LinuxBIOS installed, so I don't have a "factory BIOS." I'm trying to figure out how to get one out of a .wph file now. Thanks, Myles -- coreboot mailing list [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
