Re: [colorforth] Booting from HDD
- Subject: Re: [colorforth] Booting from HDD
- From: "Ray St. Marie" <ray.stmarie@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:27:17 -0600
On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Ray St. Marie <ray.stmarie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Nick Maroudas
> <alice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Dear John,
> >
> > Thanks for setting me right re P9492. I was way off.
> > Might I ask you kindly, as the author of that version,
> > also to set me right on what instruction or opcode
> > stands at 0x92 bytes into the bootloader? By my crude
> > reckoning (based on Tim's NASM cmcolor.list.txt) if
> > "org7c00" is 0x00 then 0x92 has already set up the
> > video mode (presumably AGP) copied all the blocks
> > (presumably not via floppy :) and stands at
> > "relocate:". Is this anywhere near your mark?
> >
> > Caritas,
> >
> > NickM
> >
> >
> > Quoting John Comeau <jc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > >... " P9492: 'P' is protected mode, 9492 is the last
> >
> > >... " hex address just past
> > >... " which one of the debugging calls was executed.
> > >... " If I remember right,
> > >... " that version starts at 0x9400, so it's only 0x92
> > >... " bytes into the
> > >... " bootloader.
> > >... "
> > >... " On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 4:59 AM, Jason Kemp
> > >... " <jason.kemp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >... " > Dear Nick,
> > >... " >
> > >... " > Sorry, I sent this yesterday but it's been
> > >... " bounced back.
> > >... " >
> > >... " > It doesn't boot from a flash drive.
> > >... " >
> > >... " > The board has a Phoenix BIOS and it
> > >... " identifies a USB flash drive in the
> > >... " > BIOS setup as "USB-HDD0" so I assume it is
> > >... " emulating a hard disk--in
> > >... " > fact I had the same flash drive running
> > >... " FreeDOS before (so I could run
> > >... " > Pygmy) and DOS saw it as the C: drive. So if
> > >... " it's emulating a HDD then
> > >... " > I expect that is why colorForth Won't boot
> > >... " fully--it displays "P9492" in
> > >... " > the top right though, which I assume is from
> > >... " the progress routine in
> > >... " > boot.asm. Lots of guessing and assuming at
> > >... " the mo!
> > >... " >
> > >... " > Just a brief Google of USB Flash booting and
> > >... " it appears that in some AMI
> > >... " > BIOSes give a forced FDD emulation option.
> > >... " >
> > >... " > Jason
> > >... " >
> > >... " > Nick Maroudas said the following on
> > >... " 14/03/2008 20:36:
> > >... " >
> > >... " >
> > >... " > > Dear Jason,
> > >... " > >
> > >... " > > Looking forward to more from you and John
> > >... " Comeau, on how
> > >... " > > to boot (and save?) with his iso on your
> > >... " flash drive.
> > >... " > >
> > >... " > > Re your not finding a version that works on
> > >... " a 3GHz P4,
> > >... " > > I
> > >... " > > have the same experience with 3.3 GHz PD on
> > >... " Intel945
> > >... " > > board. None of the following booted
> > >... " properly - not
> > >... " > > John's CD of CFDOS4, nor floppies with
> > >... " Chuck's CF01,
> > >... " > > nor the Neitz/StMarie CF01, nor Josh's CF05
> > >... " and a
> > >... " > > related CF05 from Ray - though every one of
> > >... " these ran
> > >... " > > reliably on my 0.55 GHz P4/ASUS P2. However
> > >... " (to my
> > >... " > > relief!) Howerd Oakford's CFDOS4 (from
> > >... " Howerd's
> > >... " > > website)
> > >... " > > runs on both the old and the new machine.
> > >... " > >
> > >... " > > http://www.inventio.co.uk/
> > >... " > >
> > >... " > > Scratching around for a possible reason, I
> > >... " found JC's
> > >... " > > meticulous comparison View of
> > >... " > > /colorforth/boot_asm_list.txt on
> > >... " SourceForge.net.
> > >... " > > According to my understanding of John's
> > >... " list, number 11
> > >... " > > is the only one for sure that "has VESA
> > >... " code instead of
> > >... " > > AGP" - VESA/VBE being the new standard for
> > >... " graphics
> > >... " > > software of course.
> > >... " > > JC lists number 11 as
> > >... " "/usr/src/howerd/VESA/boot.asm"
> > >... " > > but no. 10 is also by Howerd
> > >... " > > "/usr/src/howerd/Quartus/BOOT.ASM # same as
> > >... " Kris
> > >... " > > Johnson's"
> > >... " > > so I am not sure which boot.asm is used to
> > >... " boot Howerd's
> > >... " > > floppy, and which one is used to boot
> > >... " John's CD (and
> > >... " > > your USB flash drive). But if VESA code
> > >... " does indeed
> > >... " > > turn out to be crucial for some newer
> > >... " machines, then I
> > >... " > > shall owe it to JC's method for spotting
> > >... " the difference
> > >... " > > :-)
> > >... " > >
> > >... " > > Caritas,
> > >... " > >
> > >... " > > NickM
> > >... " > >
> > >... " > >
> > >... " > > Quoting Jason Kemp
> > >... " <jason.kemp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > >... " > >
> > >... " > >
> > >... " > >> ... " It's fine on the Jetway
> > >... " > >> ... " It doesn't work on my old Gateway
> > >... " SOLO2150 which
> > >... " > >> ... " runs the original CF01
> > >... " > >> ... " and Josh Grams's CF05
> > >... " > >> ... " So far nothing runs on my Asrock
> > >... " P4i64G 3GHz P4;
> > >... " > >> ... " anyway, I will try it again and pay
> > >... " more
> > >... " > >> ... " attention if you wish.
> > >... " > >> ... "
> > >... " > >> ... " I will try booting from a flash
> > >... " drive later on
> > >... " > >> ... " the Jetway too.
> > >... " > >> ... "
> > >... " > >> ... " Jason
> > >... " > >> ... "
> > >... " > >>
> > >... " > >
> > >... " > >
> > >... "
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> Hi Nick, All!
>
> Far as I can tell from my listing of Terry's 800x600 version of
> Chuck's 01 with Terry's floppy strobe, where I returned all of the
> margins and fonts and video mode to 4117 ( 1024x768 5:6:5 color with
> linear frame buffer bit set) ...
>
> 0x92h is were the jump instruction 0xeah is inserted in the relocate
> code and is the jump to protected mode, far as I can tell.
>
> --
> Raymond St. Marie ii,
> colorforthray.info
>
Microsoft (R) Macro Assembler Version 6.14.8444 10/12/07 23:04:39
color.asm Page 1 - 1
;colorForth, 2001 Jul 22, Chuck Moore, Public Domain
;modified 8/06/01 for 800x600 operation Terry Loveall, loveall@xxxxxxxxx
;modified ras20040728 returned to 1024x768 operation for the pentium 4
;by Ray St. Marie Rastm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
.MODEL tiny
.486p
00000000 only SEGMENT USE32
ASSUME DS:only
next MACRO adr
dec ECX
jnz adr
ENDM
DUP_ MACRO
lea ESI, [ESI-4]
mov [ESI], EAX
ENDM
DROP MACRO
lodsd
ENDM
;;hp equ 800
;;vp equ 600
;;vesa equ 114h
= 00000400 hp equ 1024
= 00000300 vp equ 768
= 00004117 vesa equ 4117h ; 117h but with LinearFrameBuffer Bit on
= 00025C00 buffer equ 604*256
include boot.asm ; boot boot0 hard
C ; Floppy boot segment
C
C org 0 ; actually 7c00
00000000 EB 56 C start: jmp start0
00000002 90 C nop
C
00000003 63 6D 63 66 20 C db 'cmcf 1.0'
31 2E 30
0000000B 0200 C dw 512 ; bytes/sector
0000000D 01 C db 1 ; sector/cluster
0000000E 0001 C dw 1 ; sector reserved
00000010 02 C db 2 ; FATs
00000011 00E0 C dw 16*14 ; root directory entries
00000013 0B40 C dw 80*2*18 ; sectors
00000015 F0 C db 0F0h ; media
00000016 0009 C dw 9 ; sectors/FAT
00000018 0012 C dw 18 ; sectors/track
0000001A 0002 C dw 2 ; heads
0000001C 00000000 C dd 0 ; hidden sectors
00000020 00000B40 C dd 80*2*18 ; sectors again
00000024 00 C db 0 ; drive
C ; db 0
C ; db 29h ; signature
C ; dd 44444444h ; serial
C ; db 'COLOR FORTH' ; label
C ; db ' '
C
00000025 00 C command db 0
00000026 00 C db 0 ; head, drive
00000027 00 C cylinder db 0
00000028 00 C db 0 ; head
00000029 01 C db 1 ; sector
0000002A 02 C db 2 ; 512 bytes/sector
0000002B 12 C db 18 ; sectors/track
0000002C 1B C db 1bh ; gap
0000002D FF C db 0ffh
C ALIGN 4
00000030 00000012 C nc dd 18 ; Forth+Icons+blocks 24-161
00000034 0017 C gdt dw 17h
00000036 00000040 R C dd offset gdt0
C ALIGN 8
00000040 0000 0000 0000 C gdt0 dw 0, 0, 0, 0
0000
00000048 FFFF 0000 9A00 C dw 0FFFFh, 0, 9A00h, 0CFh ; code
00CF
00000050 FFFF 0000 9200 C dw 0FFFFh, 0, 9200h, 0CFh ; data
00CF
C
C ; Code is compiled in Protected 32-bit mode.
C ; Hence org $-2 to fix 16-bit words
C ; and 4 hand-assembled instructions.
C ; and EAX and AX exchanged
C ; This code is in Real 16-bit mode
C
00000058 B8 00004F02 C start0: mov EAX, 4F02h ; Video mode
C org $-2
0000005B BB 00004117 C mov EBX, vesa ; hp*vp rgb: 565
C org $-2
0000005E CD 10 C int 10h
00000060 FA C cli
00000061 66| 33 C0 C xor AX, AX ; Move code to 0
00000064 66| 8B D8 C mov BX, AX
00000067 8C CB C mov EBX, CS
00000069 8E DB C mov DS, EBX
0000006B 8E C0 C mov ES, EAX
0000006D 66| 8B F8 C mov DI, AX
00000070 66| 8B F0 C mov SI, AX
00000073 E8 00000000 C call $+5 ; Where are we? IP+4*CS
C org $-2
00000076 5E C loc: pop ESI
00000077 81 EE 00000076 C sub ESI, offset loc-offset start
C org $-2
0000007B B9 00000080 C mov ECX, 512/4
C org $-2
0000007E F3/ 66| A5 C rep movsw
C ; jmp 0:relocate
00000081 EA C db 0eah
00000082 0086 0000 C dw offset relocate-offset start, 0
C
00000086 C relocate: ; This code is executed from 0
00000086 8E D8 C mov DS, EAX
C ; lgdt fword ptr gdt
00000088 0F 01 16 C db 0fh, 1, 16h
0000008B 0034 C dw offset gdt-offset start
0000008D B0 01 C mov AL, 1
0000008F 0F 22 C0 C mov CR0, EAX
C ; jmp 8:protected
00000092 EA C db 0eah
00000093 0097 0008 C dw offset protected-offset start, 8
C
00000097 C protected: ; Now in Protected 32-bit mode
00000097 B0 10 C mov AL, 10h
00000099 8E D8 C mov DS, EAX
0000009B 8E C0 C mov ES, EAX
0000009D 8E D0 C mov SS, EAX
0000009F BC 000A0000 C mov ESP, Gods
000000A4 33 C9 C xor ECX, ECX
C
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Raymond St. Marie ii,
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