Myles Watson wrote: > With some fiddling I booted into the Windows install CD and installed > Windows XP on a hard drive. It took fiddling because the BIOS is so old > that it doesn't conform to the ATA-3 specifications. > > I haven't been able to boot using a hard drive from ADLO yet because it > doesn't recognize my hard drives (same age related problems of the Bochs > BIOS.) > > I've looked at porting the FILO drivers into the Bochs BIOS, but it doesn't > appear trivial. > > Any questions, suggestions, or comments besides "Why would you want to do > this?" >
Hmm. First off, this is pretty cool. Which version of Windows? :-) Does your hard disk controller have an option rom? P-ATA? S-ATA? SCSI? It might make sense to have the controller's option rom executed by ADLO so it can install an int13 hook. Have you been able to use FILO? Stefan -- coresystems GmbH • Brahmsstr. 16 • D-79104 Freiburg i. Br. Tel.: +49 761 7668825 • Fax: +49 761 7664613 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • http://www.coresystems.de/ Registergericht: Amtsgericht Freiburg • HRB 7656 Geschäftsführer: Stefan Reinauer • Ust-IdNr.: DE245674866 -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios