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Re: QEMU and ElTorito and EDD 3
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Robert Millan |
Subject: |
Re: QEMU and ElTorito and EDD 3 |
Date: |
Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:28:42 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 08:33:02AM -0400, Alex Roman wrote:
> I've been messing around with int 13h calls and it seems that the QEMU
> BIOS supports EDD 3 extensions.
>
> However, it does not support ElTorito extensions... I called the 4D
> function (Return Boot Catalog) and the QEMU BIOS (I think) printed a
> "nice" informative message:
> "FATAL: Int13 eltorito call with AX=4D00. Please report" (see screenshot)
>
> ... which I will (report, that is) :)
>
> But I thought I'd share the find first.. Looks like I'm going to have
> to use either a different emulator (vmware&co.) or a real PC... What
> do you folks suggest?
I was about to suggest bochs, but then found:
./bochs-2.3/bios/rombios.c: BX_PANIC("Int13 eltorito call with AX=%04x.
Please report\n",AX);
You could also try with virtualbox, which is (non-copyleft) free software. It
doesn't work on x86_64 hosts though.
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