Writing BootSector & Kernel

Bobalandi · Post by **Bobalandi** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:35 am

hmmm...

I'll take a stab at it, thanks

JAAman · Post by **JAAman** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:22 am

Bobalandi wrote:Well, I have rawwrite, but I mean if I can do it with Debug, there should be a way to put it in a batch file.

not afaik, because the debug commands are inside debug.com and is not a part of ms-dos

actually there is:

put the commands you are typing into a text file, and use the dos command:

debug <doit.txt

where doit.txt is a text file with the commands as you would type them into debug (dont forget a enter after the 'q' on the last line...)

then it will automatically enter into debug, all the commands you have in the text file (this was a very common technique back in the days when everyone was using debug... surprised nobody else seems to know about it...)

Bobalandi · Post by **Bobalandi** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:02 pm

wow, thanks, that's just what I was looking for!

Bobalandi · Post by **Bobalandi** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:22 pm

hmm... Sorry to bring this up again, but I am still having the problem of the floppy drive "needing to be formatted" after I copy my bootsector and kernel.

Any ideas?

Combuster · Post by **Combuster** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:20 pm

Copying your bootsector ruins the filesystem contained on the disk. Windows hates that. Live with it.

Brynet-Inc · Post by **Brynet-Inc** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:23 pm

Bobalandi wrote:hmm... Sorry to bring this up again, but I am still having the problem of the floppy drive "needing to be formatted" after I copy my bootsector and kernel. Any ideas?

Read the following Wikipedia page, hopefully things will become a little bit clearer for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_System

Bobalandi · Post by **Bobalandi** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:33 pm

@combuster:
yah, I think I will have to.

@brynet:
That clears up my question, thanks