392 lines
12 KiB
NASM
392 lines
12 KiB
NASM
; boot12.asm FAT12 bootstrap for real mode image or loader
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; Version 1.0, Jul 5, 1999
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; Sample code
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; by John S. Fine johnfine@erols.com
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; I do not place any restrictions on your use of this source code
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; I do not provide any warranty of the correctness of this source code
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;_____________________________________________________________________________
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;
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; Documentation:
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;
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; I) BASIC features
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; II) Compiling and installing
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; III) Detailed features and limits
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; IV) Customization
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;_____________________________________________________________________________
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;
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; I) BASIC features
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;
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; This boot sector will load and start a real mode image from a file in the
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; root directory of a FAT12 formatted floppy or partition.
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;
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; Inputs:
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; DL = drive number
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;
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; Outputs:
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; The boot record is left in memory at 7C00 and the drive number is patched
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; into the boot record at 7C24.
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; SS = DS = 0
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; BP = 7C00
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;_____________________________________________________________________________
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;
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; II) Compiling and installing
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;
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; To compile, use NASM
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;
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; nasm boot12.asm -o boot12.bin
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;
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; Then you must copy the first three bytes of BOOT12.BIN to the first three
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; bytes of the volume and copy bytes 0x3E through 0x1FF of BOOT12.BIN to
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; bytes 0x3E through 0x1FF of the volume. Bytes 0x3 through 0x3D of the
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; volume should be set by a FAT12 format program and should not be modified
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; when copying boot12.bin to the volume.
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;
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; If you use my PARTCOPY program to install BOOT12.BIN on A:, the
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; commands are:
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;
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; partcopy boot12.bin 0 3 -f0
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; partcopy boot12.bin 3e 1c2 -f0 3e
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;
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; PARTCOPY can also install to a partition on a hard drive. Please read
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; partcopy documentation and use it carefully. Careless use could overwrite
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; important parts of your hard drive.
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;
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; You can find PARTCOPY and links to NASM on my web page at
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; http://www.erols.com/johnfine/
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;_____________________________________________________________________________
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;
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; III) Detailed features and limits
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;
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; Most of the limits are stable characteristics of the volume. If you are
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; using boot12 in a personal project, you should check the limits before
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; installing boot12. If you are using boot12 in a project for general
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; distribution, you should include an installation program which checks the
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; limits automatically.
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;
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; CPU: Supports any 8088+ CPU.
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;
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; Volume format: Supports only FAT12.
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;
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; Sector size: Supports only 512 bytes per sector.
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;
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; Drive/Partition: Supports whole drive or any partition of any drive number
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; supported by INT 13h.
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;
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; Diskette parameter table: This code does not patch the diskette parameter
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; table. If you boot this code from a diskette that has more sectors per
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; track than the default initialized by the BIOS then the failure to patch
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; that table may be a problem. Because this code splits at track boundaries
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; a diskette with fewer sectors per track should not be a problem.
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;
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; File position: The file name may be anywhere in the root directory and the
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; file may be any collection of clusters on the volume. There are no
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; contiguity requirements. (But see track limit).
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;
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; Track boundaries: Transfers are split on track boundaries. Many BIOS's
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; require that the caller split floppy transfers on track boundaries.
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;
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; 64Kb boundaries: Transfers are split on 64Kb boundaries. Many BIOS's
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; require that the caller split floppy transfers on track boundaries.
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;
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; Cluster boundaries: Transfers are merged across cluster boundaries whenever
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; possible. On some systems, this significantly reduces load time.
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;
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; Cluster 2 limit: Cluster 2 must start before sector 65536 of the volume.
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; This is very likely because only the reserved sectors (usually 1) and
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; the FAT's (two of up to 12 sectors each) and the root directory (usually
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; either 15 or 32 sectors) precede cluster 2.
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;
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; Track limit: The entire image file must reside before track 32768 of the
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; entire volume. This is true on most media up to 1GB in size. If it is a
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; problem it is easy to fix (see boot16.asm). I didn't expect many people
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; to put FAT12 partitions beyond the first GB of a large hard drive.
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;
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; Memory boundaries: The FAT, Root directory, and Image must all be loaded
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; starting at addresses that are multiples of 512 bytes (32 paragraphs).
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;
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; Memory use: The FAT and Root directory must each fit entirely in the
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; first 64Kb of RAM. They may overlap.
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;
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; Root directory size: As released, it supports up to 928 entries in the
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; root directory. If ROOT_SEG were changed to 0x7E0 it would support up
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; to 1040. Most FAT12 volumes have either 240 or 512 root directory
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; entries.
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;_____________________________________________________________________________
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;
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; IV) Customization
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;
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; The memory usage can be customized by changing the _SEG variables (see
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; directly below).
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;
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; The file name to be loaded and the message displayed in case of error
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; may be customized (see end of this file).
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;
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; The ouput values may be customized. For example, many loaders expect the
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; bootsector to leave the drive number in DL. You could add "mov dl,[drive]"
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; at the label "eof:".
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;
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; Some limits (like maximum track) may be removed. See boot16.asm for
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; comparison.
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;
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; Change whatever else you like. The above are just likely possibilities.
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;_____________________________________________________________________________
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; Change the _SEG values to customize memory use during the boot.
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; When planning memory use, remember:
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;
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; *) Each of ROOT_SEG, FAT_SEG, and IMAGE_SEG must be divisible by 0x20
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;
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; *) None of ROOT, FAT or IMAGE should overlap the boot code itself, or
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; its stack. That means: avoid paragraphs 0x7B0 to 0x7DF.
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;
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; *) The FAT area must not overlap the IMAGE area. Either may overlap
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; the ROOT area; But, if they do then the root will not remain in
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; memory for possible reuse by the next stage.
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;
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; *) The FAT area and the root area must each fit within the first 64Kb
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; excluding BIOS area (paragraphs 0x60 to 0xFFF).
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;
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; *) A FAT12 FAT can be up to 6Kb (0x180 paragraphs).
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;
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; *) A FAT12 root directory is typically either 0x1E0 or 0x400 paragraphs
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; long, but larger sizes are possible.
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;
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; *) The code will be two bytes shorter when FAT_SEG is 0x800 than when it
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; is another value. (If you reach the point of caring about two bytes).
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;
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%define ROOT_SEG 0x60
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%define FAT_SEG 0x800
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%define IMAGE_SEG 0x1000
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%if ROOT_SEG & 31
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%error "ROOT_SEG must be divisible by 0x20"
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%endif
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%if ROOT_SEG > 0xC00
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%error "Root directory must fit within first 64Kb"
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%endif
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%if FAT_SEG & 31
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%error "FAT_SEG must be divisible by 0x20"
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%endif
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%if FAT_SEG > 0xE80
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%error "FAT must fit within first 64Kb"
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%endif
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%if IMAGE_SEG & 31
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%error "IMAGE_SEG must be divisible by 0x20"
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%endif
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; The following %define directives declare the parts of the FAT12 "DOS BOOT
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; RECORD" that are used by this code, based on BP being set to 7C00.
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;
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%define sc_p_clu bp+0Dh ;byte Sectors per cluster
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%define sc_b4_fat bp+0Eh ;word Sectors (in partition) before FAT
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%define fats bp+10h ;byte Number of FATs
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%define dir_ent bp+11h ;word Number of root directory entries
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%define sc_p_fat bp+16h ;word Sectors per FAT
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%define sc_p_trk bp+18h ;word Sectors per track
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%define heads bp+1Ah ;word Number of heads
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%define sc_b4_prt bp+1Ch ;dword Sectors before partition
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%define drive bp+24h ;byte Drive number
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org 0x7C00
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entry:
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jmp short begin
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nop
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; Skip over the data portion of the "DOS BOOT RECORD". The install method
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; must merge the code from this ASM with the data put in the boot record
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; by the FAT12 formatter.
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;
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times 0x3B db 0
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begin:
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xor ax, ax
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mov ds, ax
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mov ss, ax
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mov sp, 0x7C00
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mov bp, sp
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mov [drive], dl ;Drive number
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mov al, [fats] ;Number of FATs
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mul word [sc_p_fat] ; * Sectors per FAT
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add ax, [sc_b4_fat] ; + Sectors before FAT
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;AX = Sector of Root directory
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mov si, [dir_ent] ;Max root directory entries
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mov cl, 4
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dec si
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shr si, cl
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inc si ;SI = Length of root in sectors
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mov di, ROOT_SEG/32 ;Buffer (paragraph / 32)
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call read_16 ;Read root directory
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push ax ;Sector of cluster two
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%define sc_clu2 bp-2 ;Later access to the word just pushed is via bp
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mov dx, [dir_ent] ;Number of directory entries
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push ds
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pop es
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mov di, ROOT_SEG*16
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search:
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dec dx ;Any more directory entries?
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js error ;No
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mov si, filename ;Name we are searching for
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mov cx, 11 ;11 characters long
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lea ax, [di+0x20] ;Precompute next entry address
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push ax
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repe cmpsb ;Compare
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pop di
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jnz search ;Repeat until match
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push word [di-6] ;Starting cluster number
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mov ax, [sc_b4_fat] ;Sector number of FAT
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mov si, [sc_p_fat] ;Length of FAT
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mov di, FAT_SEG/32 ;Buffer (paragraph / 32)
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call read_16 ;Read FAT
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next:
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pop bx ;Cluster number
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mov si, bx ;First cluster in this sequence
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mov ax, bx ;Last cluster in this sequence
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.0:
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cmp bx, 0xFF8 ;End of file?
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jae .2 ; Yes
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inc ax ;Last cluster plus one in sequence
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;Look in FAT for next cluster
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mov di, bx ;Cluster number
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rcr bx, 1 ;1.5 byte entry per cluster
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;bx = 0x8000 + cluster/2
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;c-bit set for odd clusters
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mov bx, [bx+di+FAT_SEG*16-0x8000]
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jnc .1
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shr bx, 1
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shr bx, 1
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shr bx, 1
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shr bx, 1
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.1: and bh, 0xF
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cmp ax, bx ;Is the next one contiguous?
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je .0 ;Yes: look further ahead
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.2: sub ax, si ;How many contiguous in this sequence?
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jz eof ;None, must be done.
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push bx ;Save next (eof or discontiguous) cluster
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mov bl, [sc_p_clu] ;Sectors per cluster
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mov bh, 0 ; as a word
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mul bx ;Length of sequence in sectors
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.3: mov di, IMAGE_SEG/32 ;Destination (paragraph / 32)
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add [.3+1], ax ;Precompute next destination
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xchg ax, si ;AX = starting cluster ;SI = length in sectors
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dec ax
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dec ax ;Starting cluster minus two
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mul bx ; * sectors per cluster
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add ax, [sc_clu2] ; + sector number of cluster two
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adc dl, dh ;Allow 24-bit result
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call read_32 ;Read it
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jmp short next ;Look for more
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eof:
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jmp IMAGE_SEG:0
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error: mov si, errmsg ;Same message for all detected errors
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mov ax, 0xE0D ;Start message with CR
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mov bx, 7
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.1: int 10h
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lodsb
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test al, al
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jnz .1
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xor ah, ah
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int 16h ;Wait for a key
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int 19h ;Try to reboot
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read_16:
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xor dx, dx
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read_32:
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;
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; Input:
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; dx:ax = sector within partition
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; si = sector count
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; di = destination segment / 32
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;
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; The sector number is converted from a partition-relative to a whole-disk
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; (LBN) value, and then converted to CHS form, and then the sectors are read
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; into (di*32):0.
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;
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; Output:
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; dx:ax updated (sector count added)
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; di updated (sector count added)
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; si = 0
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; bp, ds preserved
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; bx, cx, es modified
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.1: push dx ;(high) relative sector
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push ax ;(low) relative sector
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add ax, [sc_b4_prt] ;Convert to LBN
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adc dx, [sc_b4_prt+2]
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mov bx, [sc_p_trk] ;Sectors per track
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div bx ;AX = track ;DX = sector-1
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sub bx, dx ;Sectors remaining, this track
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cmp bx, si ;More than we want?
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jbe .2 ;No
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mov bx, si ;Yes: Transfer just what we want
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.2: inc dx ;Sector number
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mov cx, dx ;CL = sector ;CH = 0
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cwd ;(This supports up to 32767 tracks
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div word [heads] ;Track number / Number of heads
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mov dh, dl ;DH = head
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xchg ch, al ;CH = (low) cylinder ;AL=0
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ror ah, 1 ;rotate (high) cylinder
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ror ah, 1
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add cl, ah ;CL = combine: sector, (high) cylinder
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sub ax, di
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and ax, byte 0x7F ;AX = sectors to next 64Kb boundary
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jz .3 ;On a 64Kb boundary already
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cmp ax, bx ;More than we want?
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jbe .4 ;No
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.3: xchg ax, bx ;Yes: Transfer just what we want
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.4: push ax ;Save length
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mov bx, di ;Compute destination seg
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push cx
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mov cl, 5
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shl bx, cl
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pop cx
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mov es, bx
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xor bx, bx ;ES:BX = address
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mov dl, [drive] ;DL = Drive number
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mov ah, 2 ;AH = Read command
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int 13h ;Do it
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jc error
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pop bx ;Length
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pop ax ;(low) relative sector
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pop dx ;(high) relative sector
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add ax, bx ;Update relative sector
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adc dl, dh
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add di, bx ;Update destination
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sub si, bx ;Update count
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jnz .1 ;Read some more
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ret
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errmsg db 10,"Error Executing FAT12 bootsector",13
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db 10,"Press any key to reboot",13,10,0
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size equ $ - entry
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%if size+11+2 > 512
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%error "code is too large for boot sector"
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%endif
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times (512 - size - 11 - 2) db 0
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filename db "LOADER BIN" ;11 byte name
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db 0x55, 0xAA ;2 byte boot signature
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