Hi, I wanted to say that your tutorials have been real helpful to me, but since i got windows 7(64 bit) I've tried really hard to continue os development. First i solved 64 bit window's tendency to ignore non-digitally signed floppy disk drivers(like vdf) using ImDisk. Then partcopy became an issue with it. I've tried debug only to find out it's not included with 64 bit computers. I've used mkbt(Make Boot) with some success but bochs still complains no bootable medium so maybe it just didn't show an error. Then i went ahead to attempt to figure out dd in cygwin. Too many options
It's about time to stop windows 7 from stopping us developers. I miss XP.
Thanks for any help,
eenceo
Windows 7 x64
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Re: Windows 7 x64
Ok, i'm in luck now!
The ImDisk Virtual Disk program works great for 7x64. I also used BFI - Build Floppy Image to make a floppy image. The key is to set bochs to read off the disk image not the A: drive itself. Although normal files seam to copy to the A: drive the bootsector doesn't. Maybe it's just a setting in ImDisk, but either way you can get it to work.
The ImDisk Virtual Disk program works great for 7x64. I also used BFI - Build Floppy Image to make a floppy image. The key is to set bochs to read off the disk image not the A: drive itself. Although normal files seam to copy to the A: drive the bootsector doesn't. Maybe it's just a setting in ImDisk, but either way you can get it to work.
Re: Windows 7 x64
There should be a line in your Bochs config file that reads something like:eenceo wrote:Ok, i'm in luck now!
The ImDisk Virtual Disk program works great for 7x64. I also used BFI - Build Floppy Image to make a floppy image. The key is to set bochs to read off the disk image not the A: drive itself. Although normal files seam to copy to the A: drive the bootsector doesn't. Maybe it's just a setting in ImDisk, but either way you can get it to work.
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floppya: type=1_44, 1_44="a:", status=inserted
Re: Windows 7 x64
Yes, that's what i had to do to get it to work. I still don't know why it can't load from the A drive but at least it works.