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Ben Gras a131085a5b cd boot workaround for bioses that didn't want to boot >4 image sectors.
boot is a normal binary with a.out again. use 'cdbootblock,' a CDBOOT
variant of bootblock, both from bootblock.s, as the first boot image
that then loads boot, exactly like the bootblock loads boot when booting
from harddisk. the sector numbers (2048 byte iso sectors) are patched in
by writeisofs, like installboot does for bootblock. bootblock unchanged.
2010-04-26 22:07:21 +00:00
Kees van Reeuwijk 94a81c840a Removed unused variables, added const where possible. 2010-04-07 11:25:51 +00:00
Kees van Reeuwijk 98493805fd Lots of const correctness. 2010-03-27 14:31:00 +00:00
Ben Gras daca9de450 Fix to make making a bootable cd possible again.
ow that the image has grown beyond the 1.44M that fits on a floppy.
(previously, the floppy emulation mode was used for cd's.)

the boot cd now uses 'no emulation mode,' where an image is provided on
the cd that is loaded and executed directly. this is the boot monitor.

in order to make this work (the entry point is the same as where the
image is loaded, and the boot monitor needs its a.out header too) and
keep compatability with the same code being used for regular booting, i
prepended 16 bytes that jumps over its header so execution can start
there.

to be able to read the CD (mostly in order to read the boot image),
boot has to use the already present 'extended read' call, but address
the CD using 2k sectors.
2010-01-18 14:10:04 +00:00
Tomas Hruby ae75f9d4e5 Removal of the executable flag from files that cannot be executed
- 755 -> 644
2009-11-09 10:26:00 +00:00
Ben Gras 9dea6e96bc Updated constant names 2005-11-15 12:12:00 +00:00
Ben Gras 5927788cdd Added 'bootdelay' feature in boot monitor, it pauses a given number of ms
so the list of programs in the image and their sizes can be seen before the
kernel starts filling the screen.

Added some formatting fixes in installboot and boot monitor itself,
some of the segments were larger than the formatting allowed.
2005-05-30 15:02:52 +00:00
Ben Gras 9865aeaa79 Initial revision 2005-04-21 14:53:53 +00:00