Perhaps I can upload it to my site.
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On Friday, May 21, 2021 12:24 PM, Bret Johnson <bretj...@juno.com> wrote:
> I tried uploading an attachment with the source code (about 120k) but the
> mailing list thought it was too big and rejected it.
>
> I'm not willing to host code snippets like this on my web site, so was
> wondering if someone else is willing to do it? I'll try uploading the message
> again with a link instead of an attachment if someone else hosts the link.
>
> Thanks
>
>> I would. It's in assembly rather than C, though.
>>
>> I'll extrapolate the relevant parts into a small file and upload them in the
>> next few > days.
>>
>>
>> Hi Bret,
>>
>>> I also have a USB disk set up with GPT instead of MBR with some
>>> DOS-compatible partitions (FAT12/16/32) and others as non-DOS compatible
>>> (NTFS, exFAT, etc.). I also use this for testing my USB drivers to make
>>> sure drive letters get assigned when needed to the DOS-compatible
>>> partitions.
>>
>> Interesting! Would you be willing to donate the used algorithm in
>> some (maybe C language) form which could be called for example by
>>
>> https://github.com/FDOS/kernel/blob/master/kernel/initdisk.c
>>
>> I think as long as the kernel knows the LBA ranges where
>> GPT FAT partitions are, a lot of everyday use cases would
>> already be covered. Not sure how to boot from GPT then,
>> but outside the kernel, only a few DOS components would
>> care about raw partitioning data, so adding GPT support
>> to the kernel would be really useful :-)
>>
>> Thanks! Regards, Eric
>
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