From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BprMV-0002E9-1f for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:33:03 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BprMT-0002Dx-FQ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:33:02 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BprMT-0002Du-CD for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:33:01 -0400 Received: from [38.113.3.61] (helo=babyruth.hotpop.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BprIu-0005MN-4J for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:29:23 -0400 Received: from phreaker.net (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by babyruth.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 42B2C7393B7 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:39:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jbrown.mylinuxbox.org (pcp03144805pcs.midval01.tn.comcast.net [68.59.228.236]) by smtp-2.hotpop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3095373EF89 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:39:12 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:28:03 -0400 From: "Jim C. Brown" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] incomplete floppy images Message-ID: <20040728162803.GA15132@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> References: <20040728140737.33927cca.jani@iv.ro> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040728140737.33927cca.jani@iv.ro> Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 02:07:37PM +0300, Jani Monoses wrote: > Hello > is there a requirement in qemu that images passed to -fda are exactly 1.44 > sized images? > > Last Friday I sent a patch fixing boot from files which don't have sizes > multiple of 512, where the last incomplete 'sector' was ignored. > ecos bootable applications are such examples and so is the asmutils linux boot > disk to mention two that I found. > > bochs boots both of them so I had a hard time figuring out what the problem > was in qemu's case. > > So unless the requirement above is true is such a patch desired? > > thanks > Jani > > qemu aims to be as compatible as a PC as possible ... every patch that fixes a bug is desired. > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel > -- Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty. Infinite precision begets infinite perfection.