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| author | hpa <hpa> | 1998-02-27 03:46:57 +0000 |
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| committer | hpa <hpa> | 1998-02-27 03:46:57 +0000 |
| commit | b898d320b54bb74da1b17d9504cea706c2446d03 (patch) | |
| tree | d1cc2dc573620a38f548eda189fbaeb7b04a781c | |
| parent | 2f26b93d713f432e99ab01607c7b179c5357f2e8 (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-b898d320b54bb74da1b17d9504cea706c2446d03.tar.gz | |
Add workaround for AMI/Intel BIOS bug.
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ldlinux.asm | 7 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ Changes in 1.33: * Bug fix in the Linux installer. + * Added a workaround for a bug in certain AMI/Intel BIOSes + when booting from CD-ROM. + * Documentation changes. Changes in 1.32: * FAT16 filesystems are now supported. diff --git a/ldlinux.asm b/ldlinux.asm index 6e7328e6..d523ff78 100644 --- a/ldlinux.asm +++ b/ldlinux.asm @@ -397,7 +397,9 @@ floppy_table equ $ ; No sense in wasting memory, overwrite start start: cli ; No interrupts yet, please - xor ax,ax + jmp 0:start1 ; Stupid Intel BIOS jumps to 07C0:0000 not 0000:7C00 +start1: xor ax,ax + mov ds,ax mov es,ax mov ss,ax mov sp,StackBuf ; Just below BSS @@ -633,6 +635,7 @@ disk_try_again: push dx jc disk_error ; ; It seems the following test fails on some machines (buggy BIOS?) +; Especially Phoenix BIOS 4.03 seems to fail if this is enabled ; ; cmp al,bl ; Check that we got what we asked for ; jne disk_error @@ -660,7 +663,7 @@ gls_nonewcyl: pop bp ; Sectors left to transfer ja gls_nexttrack return: ret -bailmsg db 'Boot failed: change disks and press any key', 0Dh, 0Ah, 0 +bailmsg db 'Boot failed: press any key to retry', 0Dh, 0Ah, 0 bs_checkpt equ $ ; Must be <= 1E3h |