Problems with loading files from disk
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 12:45 pm
Hi!
I am trying to load my kernel from a floppy disk via my bootsector. The problem is I don't have any floppy drive so I would like to use an image created with dd and load it with BOCHS.
I created the floppy image with:
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dd if=/dev/zero of=fd.img obs=512 count=2880
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After that I mount it on loop1 with losetup.
Then I have my bootsector (boot) which is exactly 512 byte large.
If I do:
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dd if=boot of=/dev/loop1
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It runs the bootsector fine I have verifyed that this works. But Now I have my second image I want to be loaded into memory, I call this the stub.
The Stub is exactly 512 bytes large too so it will fit within one sector. I want the stub to be located on sector 1 that is the sector after the bootsector, so how do I get it there?
The bootsector:
And my stub looks like this now, this is just a temporary file ;)
I am trying to load my kernel from a floppy disk via my bootsector. The problem is I don't have any floppy drive so I would like to use an image created with dd and load it with BOCHS.
I created the floppy image with:
[pre]
dd if=/dev/zero of=fd.img obs=512 count=2880
[/pre]
After that I mount it on loop1 with losetup.
Then I have my bootsector (boot) which is exactly 512 byte large.
If I do:
[pre]
dd if=boot of=/dev/loop1
[/pre]
It runs the bootsector fine I have verifyed that this works. But Now I have my second image I want to be loaded into memory, I call this the stub.
The Stub is exactly 512 bytes large too so it will fit within one sector. I want the stub to be located on sector 1 that is the sector after the bootsector, so how do I get it there?
The bootsector:
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;; Basic Bootloader by Jonathan W ?2004
[BITS 16]
[ORG 0x7C00]
main:
mov ax,0x0000 ; Set up the registers
mov ds, ax ; Set up the registers
mov si, Status_1 ; Print the first status message
call printstr
call read_stub
mov ax, 0x2000
mov ds, ax
jmp 0x2000:0x0000 ; Jump to the loaded stub
printstr:
mov ah, 0x0E ; This is the basic teletype mode
mov bh, 0x00 ; Page number
mov bl, 0x07 ; Text attributes
.START_PRINTSTR
lodsb
cmp al, 0
je .END_PRINTSTR ; End the loop if EOS
int 0x10 ; Call BIOS Video Interrupt
jmp .START_PRINTSTR ; Loop again
.END_PRINTSTR
ret
read_stub:
mov di, 5 ; We need to try the loop atleast 5 times before failing
mov bx, 0x2000 ; Segment to load stub into
mov es, bx
mov bx, 0x0000
.START_RSTUB
mov ah, 0x00 ; Reset AH
mov ah, 0x02 ; We want to read from disk
mov al, 0x01 ; Read 1 sector
mov ch, 0x01 ; Track 0
mov cl, 0x02 ; Sector 1
mov dh, 0x01 ; Head 1
mov dl, 0x00 ; Drive 0 This is temporary!
int 0x13 ; Call the BIOS
jnc .END_RSTUB ; If CF = 0 then we are done
dec di
cmp di, 0
je .READ_ERR ; Show error message
jmp .START_RSTUB ; Try again
.READ_ERR
mov si, Read_error ; Move error message into SI
call printstr
.END_RSTUB
ret
Status_1 db 'Now loading stage 1....Jumping into stub',13,10,0
Read_error db 'Error reading stub, please check your drive',13,10,0
times 510-($-$$) db 0
dw 0xAA55
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;; This is the stub which will take us into protected mode
;; and load our kernel of the disk this is limited to 1024kb-512byte
[BITS 16]
[ORG 0x2000]
main:
mov si, Test_str
call test_msg ; Print a test message
cli ; Disable interrupts
hlt ; Halt the CPU
test_msg:
mov ah, 0x0E ; This is the basic teletype mode
mov bh, 0x00 ; Page number
mov bl, 0x07 ; Text attribute
.START_TMSG
lodsb
cmp al, 0
je .END_TMSG
int 0x10
jmp .START_TMSG
.END_TMSG
ret
Test_str db 'Loaded!',13,10,0
times 512-($-$$) db 0