[grimpirate]

This is a small tutorial I wrote up after having my own difficulties with understanding the boot process and achieving what I wanted to achieve. I figured it would be a good starting point for people who are interested. Any suggestions for improvement are welcome.

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This post has been edited by grimpirate: 23 October 2006 - 10:36 PM

[angelica]

grimpirate, on 23 Oct, 2006 - 10:33 PM, said:

This is a small tutorial I wrote up after having my own difficulties with understanding the boot process and achieving what I wanted to achieve. I figured it would be a good starting point for people who are interested. Any suggestions for improvement are welcome.

Hi,im preparing C codes for making a boot disk.i wrote assembler codes for it.but i can't go on to finish it.i must use memcpy,memset and absread functions in it.can you check it some and write me back?

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[born2c0de]

There are not many tutorials on the Boot Process.
I just read yours.
I liked the way you explained every line of the code.
That outta even make non-assembly coders understand quite a bit.

Good Job.

[angelica]

Hey,this works as a boot disk before your o.s. appear on your screen,you ll save it in a disket and you ll open your pc at disket format.this ll be your o.s. fellas!
Note:you can open that bin. file with Borland C++.i wrote in C language.

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This post has been edited by angelica: 07 November 2006 - 11:47 AM

[born2c0de]

That's a great add to this topic.

[angelica]

born2c0de, on 8 Nov, 2006 - 06:14 AM, said:

That's a great add to this topic.

Thanks

[Videege]

Should we move and recreate this as a tutorial?

[angelica]

Videege, on 11 Nov, 2006 - 08:47 AM, said:

Should we move and recreate this as a tutorial?

sure?im still studying on the same subject but this time i want to write with only assembly codes.

[dudymas]

I think you have a small typo. You put down that the 10h interrupt reads the AX register, but we didn't actually put anything in that register according to the code. Instead, we have "move ah, 0eh".

Forgive me if I'm missing something here (because I only know MIPS assembly code from class), but you gotta throw something into the AX register, unless you are assuming that it has the correct initial value. If you are, then it's best to tell the reader that. Perhaps even give a quick intro on what registers are... but hey, you choose the depth of your tut ;-)

Great job making an excellent intro example... from there on out, it takes a lot more work and a lot more explaining to give the reader an idea of what is happening. Good choices on your part, then.

[Nova Dragoon]

Move ah, 0eh

Sets the high part of the AX register (ah) to 0E

Each of the registers can be addressed in their high (AH, BH, CH, etc)
and low (AL, BL, CL etc) ends

[born2c0de]

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Should we move and recreate this as a tutorial?

No No No.
It requires a bit more explanation. (and I mean slight...but that can make the difference)

If grimpirate is interested, I can help him transform it into one.

[grimpirate]

Wow thx to everyone who took an interest in this. I figured it was so obscure nobody cared and that's why I hadn't replied in a while. Anyhow, I submitted it to the Tutorials section under Linux in the hopes that it will be posted there (as there's no Assembly section). So if you guys like please add more to it there. Sorry for the delayed response.
By the way I didn't expand on the interrupts section and the moving stuff into the AX register because I wanted to focus the tutorial on getting a functional boot strapper and not delve into how interrupts work. I leave that up to those who wish to research it further. Just search for Ralf Brown's Interrupt List in Google.