Re: Booting linux using Novell NetWare Remote Program Loader

[Edgar Toernig <froese@gmx.de>]

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Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> > I removed the autoprobing from bootsect.S and fixed it to 1.44MB format
> > et voila, it worked perfectly.
> 
> Do you have patch to do that?

I have a patch for 2.0.x only.  But it should be enough to change the
disksizes table at the end of bootsect.S to:

disksizes: .byte 18,18,18,18

Ciao, ET.

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--- /usr/src/2.0.36/arch/i386/boot/bootsect.S	Sat Mar  9 12:31:42 1996
+++ /tmp/q/bootsect.S	Thu Aug 23 21:42:20 2001
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 
 ! cx contains 0 from rep movsw above
 
+#if 0 /* ET: let the DPT alone */
 	mov	fs,cx
 	mov	bx,#0x78		! fs:bx is parameter table address
 	push	ds
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@
 	mov	(bx),di
 	seg fs
 	mov	2(bx),es
+#endif
 
 ! load the setup-sectors directly after the bootblock.
 ! Note that 'es' is already set up.
@@ -170,6 +172,7 @@
 ! 36 sectors if sector 36 can be read, 18 sectors if sector 18 can be read,
 ! 15 if sector 15 can be read.  Otherwise guess 9.
 
+#if 0 /* ET: no autoprobing.  asume 1.44mb disk */
 	mov	si,#disksizes		! table of sizes to try
 
 probe_loop:
@@ -187,6 +190,7 @@
 	mov	ax,#0x0201		! service 2, 1 sector
 	int	0x13
 	jc	probe_loop		! try next value
+#endif
 
 #endif
 
@@ -438,10 +442,12 @@
 	ret
 
 sectors:
-	.word 0
+	.word 18
 
+#if 0 /* ET: no autoprobing.  fixed at 18 sectors */
 disksizes:
 	.byte 36,18,15,9
+#endif
 
 msg1:
 	.byte 13,10