> That does not sound very specific either? Do you think it would> allow to
> create hardware-independent USB/FireWire drivers with> BIOS support, of
> course with limitations? It's not very specific -- at least not specific
> enough to try and do anything with it. I think the best you could d
Hallo Herr Eric Auer,
am Dienstag, 8. Juni 2021 um 20:47 schrieben Sie:
> Hi Tom,
>> ELTORITO does NOT create a sector oriented device, accesible by the
>> kernel (or LBACACHE). it can't be accessed by INT13 READ/WRITE
>> functions and so can't be cached by LBACACHE.
> The workflow is that th
Hi Tom,
> ELTORITO does NOT create a sector oriented device, accesible by the
> kernel (or LBACACHE). it can't be accessed by INT13 READ/WRITE
> functions and so can't be cached by LBACACHE.
The workflow is that the boot process activates ELTORITO mode
in the BIOS, which then creates an int 13
> My problem is that ELTORITO creates the possibility to have a non-FAT,
> but BIOS-supported drive (which in fact represents the contents of a
> CD/DVD) and I see a risk that LBACACHE would try to cache it.
ELTORITO does NOT create a sector oriented device, accesible by the
kernel (or LBACACHE).
Hi Bret, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this.
> If the FreeDOS kernel (including the BUFFERS) and most of the utilities (like
> caches)
> assume 512-byte sectors without even bothering to check, it's going to create
> problems.
This is a problem, but in part distinct from the LBACACHE on
I don't have a way to test, but in general agree with your assessment of the
situation. If the FreeDOS kernel (including the BUFFERS) and most of the
utilities (like caches) assume 512-byte sectors without even bothering to
check, it's going to create problems. It's quite possible that it has
Re-sending after the sourceforge email outage last weekend:
Hi developers!
Looking at the source code of the GRUB4DOS version
of the ELTORITO.SYS driver, I realized that there
is a risk of breaking EL TORITO access to CD content
by using LBACACHE. Is there anybody with a suitable
"CD authorin
Hi developers!
Looking at the source code of the GRUB4DOS version
of the ELTORITO.SYS driver, I realized that there
is a risk of breaking EL TORITO access to CD content
by using LBACACHE. Is there anybody with a suitable
"CD authoring toolchain" who could test my theory?
The El Torito way of bo
