this patch is a suggestion for the bootsector to boot on older (like my XT) machines where the drive requires a few retries before loading a sector. The resulting binary might be too big actually. In this case I would like a bit of help fitting it in there.
yours, - Mdasoh Kyaeppd --- boot.ori/boot.asm 2017-01-30 02:08:55.835437500 -0700 +++ boot/boot.asm 2017-01-31 13:06:37.742679500 -0700 @@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ ; setup LBA disk block mov LBA_SECTOR_32,bx ; bx is 0 if extended 13h mode supported mov LBA_SECTOR_48,bx - + mov si,1 mov ah,042h jmp short do_int13_read @@ -472,12 +472,20 @@ inc cx ; make sector 1-based (1-63) les bx,[LBA_OFF] + mov si,5 +do_chs_read: mov ax, 0x0201 do_int13_read: mov dl, [drive] - int 0x13 - jc boot_error ; exit on error + int 0x13 ; read data from disk + jnc did_int13_read + xor ax,ax + int 0x13 + dec si + jz boot_error ; exit on error + jmp do_chs_read ; prod it a few times +did_int13_read: mov ax, word [bsBytesPerSec] push di ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list Freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel