Bochs

[chrisa128]

Thanks for your help, I will install Win2k tonight...

[beyondsociety]

Bochs can only directly read the floppy from Win2k/XP or *nix. Win9x* K.J. won't work.

What?

I am using Windows ME as my test machine and Bochs works fine. I am though using Bochs-2.0.1.

Are you sure there isn't a problem with your code?

[Whatever5k]

Are you sure there isn't a problem with your code?

It is *definetely* no code problem! Perhaps, a newer version of Bochs will help...

[chrisa128]

Ok, I got a later version of BOCHS and it seems to work but now I get

[BIOS ] BIOS panic at rombios.c, line 1563

while it run fine on my Win2K install

[K.J.]

I am using Windows ME as my test machine and Bochs works fine. I am though using Bochs-2.0.1.

I didn't say Bochs won't work, I just said Bochs can't read the actual physical floppy in M-E/9x.

K.J.

[Whatever5k]

[BIOS ] BIOS panic at rombios.c, line 1563

Do you have the path to the *latest* BIOS-Bochs version in your bochsrc config file?

[chrisa128]

Ok, it works if I make a image but I still cannot boot from floppy...

Yes I have got the latest BIOS and VGABIOS set up.

[K.J.]

Ok, it works if I make a image but I still cannot boot from floppy...

And Bochs is running on??? Win2k?

K.J.

[chrisa128]

On my Win2k install it lets me run a image but won't let me boot from floppy giving me the BIOS error...

[distantvoices]

chrisa128, I boot my kernelthing from floppy using bochs 2.0.2 upon a w2k-machine/sp2.

Here is an excerpt of my bochsrc.bxrc-settings. May be it is of help for you:

[tt]megs: 32

# filename of ROM images
romimage: file=$BXSHARE/BIOS-bochs-latest, address=0xf0000
vgaromimage: $BXSHARE/VGABIOS-elpin-2.40

# what disk images will be used
floppya: 1_44=a:, status=inserted

# choose the boot disk.
boot: a
[/tt]


stay safe

[distantvoices]

floppya: 1_44=1.44, status=inserted

abless:

In windows: floppya: 1_44=a, status=inserted

in unix: floppya: 1_44=/dev/fd0, status=inserted

at this line, you also can indicate an image.

[Tim]

In windows: floppya: 1_44=a, status=inserted

Surely [tt]a:[/tt] instead of [tt]a[/tt]? [tt]a[/tt] is a file, [tt]a:[/tt] is a device.

[chrisa128]

Ok, it works now.

Thanks for your help!!!

[distantvoices]

In windows: floppya: 1_44=a, status=inserted

Surely [tt]a:[/tt] instead of [tt]a[/tt]? [tt]a[/tt] is a file, [tt]a:[/tt] is a device.

you 're right,it should be a: instead of a.