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- From: SESPC395@ysub.ysu.edu (Max)
- Subject: Re: Hardware and Software fixes
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- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 19:59:04 GMT
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- ooops! This is the corect version.
-
- In article <16B51B9B8.SESPC395@ysub.ysu.edu>
- SESPC395@ysub.ysu.edu (Max) writes:
-
- >Greatings, Programs! "Tron" if you didn't remember.
- >
- >I started this in hopes that this would thread into infinity. This would
- >seem logical to have a continuing topic, with this subject on the net.
- >
- >The first fix I have is for the IBMers out there. This deals with booting
- >on systems with IDE Hard drive controlers.
- >
- >One of the symptoms, is a continus rebooting, or you never get out of the
- >disk continuously resetting its self. There are two possible ways to fix
- >one is to eliminate the reset code from bootblok.s, or replace it with a
- >recalibrate drive (example to follow). Removing the reset code could be
- >risky, because the system could lock, with out the code.
- >
- >Replace, all incidents of the following code:
- >
- >"xor ax,ax : reset drive" *
- >
- >with the following code:
- >
- >"movb ah,#0x11 : recalibrate drive"
- >"movb dl,#0x00 : floppy drive 0 "
- >
- >*note: ONLY replace lines that have the "reset drive" comment.
- >
- >This should provide a bootable disk when you recompile the kernel.
- >
- >Max W. Blackmer, Jr.
- >s0180873@unix1.cc.ysu.edu
- >SESPC395@ysub.ysu.edu
-