This is a MS-DOS program, but is does something useful for us:
It boots FreeBSD from a running MS-DOS system.
It's compiled using some MS-DOS tools, but there is a binary
hidden in the uuencoded file. (Go ahead, flame me if you can come up
with a solution for the problem. Just saying "this is bad" doesn't count!)
Rod, you were right: one would have to deal with weird interfaces to the
memory managers, and it seems that Christian found them all, and made them
work.
Thanks Christian!
Reviewed by: phk
Submitted by: DI. Christian Gusenbauer <cg@fimp01.fim.uni-linz.ac.at>
Christians README:
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Hi Everybody!
This is version 1.5 of "fbsdboot", a program that allows you to boot a kernel
from a MS-DOS partition or a FreeBSD partition. This program runs using DOS.
It works with various memory managers (like EMM386, 386MAX) under certain
circumstances.
First, a FreeBSD kernel is always loaded to memory starting at 0x100000. To
assure that loading the kernel *does not* overwrite memory used by memory
managers, high memory for the kernel is allocated and after loading the kernel
it's moved to 0x100000.
Second, there are many ways to switch to protected mode which is necessary to
start the kernel. Each BIOS gives you the possibility to use INT15H (AH=89H)
to do that. But some memory-managers like 386max does not allow you to use
this method.
An other way to do the switch is to use DPMI services, but they do not
guarantee, that the protected mode application is executed with privilege
level 0. Therefore this method is *not* used.
VCPI services offer another way to switch to protected mode, and VCPI servers
are built into "emm386.exe", "386max" and "qemm". That's why, this method is
implemented in fbsdboot.exe.
Fbsdboot.exe tries to switch to protected mode using VCPI services. If they're
not available INT15H is used to do the switch. If that fails, it's not possible
for this version of fbsdboot.exe to boot a kernel :-(.
You can get commandline options of fbsdboot if you start it with "-?" as option!
I don't know, if fbsdboot works with QEMM, as I don't have the possibility to
test it.
Enjoy and have fun!
Christian.
cg@fimp01.fim.uni-linz.ac.at
PS: Many thanks to Bruce Evans for his assistance!
1995-02-15 04:45:50 +00:00
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/*
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* protmod.h Protected Mode Utilities
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*
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* (C) 1994 by Christian Gusenbauer (cg@fimp01.fim.uni-linz.ac.at)
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* All Rights Reserved.
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*
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* Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and its
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* documentation is hereby granted, provided that both the copyright
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* notice and this permission notice appear in all copies of the
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* software, derivative works or modified versions, and any portions
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* thereof, and that both notices appear in supporting documentation.
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*
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* I ALLOW YOU USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IN ITS "AS IS" CONDITION. I DISCLAIM
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* ANY LIABILITY OF ANY KIND FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM THE
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* USE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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*
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*/
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extern struct bootinfo bootinfo;
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This is a MS-DOS program, but is does something useful for us:
It boots FreeBSD from a running MS-DOS system.
It's compiled using some MS-DOS tools, but there is a binary
hidden in the uuencoded file. (Go ahead, flame me if you can come up
with a solution for the problem. Just saying "this is bad" doesn't count!)
Rod, you were right: one would have to deal with weird interfaces to the
memory managers, and it seems that Christian found them all, and made them
work.
Thanks Christian!
Reviewed by: phk
Submitted by: DI. Christian Gusenbauer <cg@fimp01.fim.uni-linz.ac.at>
Christians README:
------------------
Hi Everybody!
This is version 1.5 of "fbsdboot", a program that allows you to boot a kernel
from a MS-DOS partition or a FreeBSD partition. This program runs using DOS.
It works with various memory managers (like EMM386, 386MAX) under certain
circumstances.
First, a FreeBSD kernel is always loaded to memory starting at 0x100000. To
assure that loading the kernel *does not* overwrite memory used by memory
managers, high memory for the kernel is allocated and after loading the kernel
it's moved to 0x100000.
Second, there are many ways to switch to protected mode which is necessary to
start the kernel. Each BIOS gives you the possibility to use INT15H (AH=89H)
to do that. But some memory-managers like 386max does not allow you to use
this method.
An other way to do the switch is to use DPMI services, but they do not
guarantee, that the protected mode application is executed with privilege
level 0. Therefore this method is *not* used.
VCPI services offer another way to switch to protected mode, and VCPI servers
are built into "emm386.exe", "386max" and "qemm". That's why, this method is
implemented in fbsdboot.exe.
Fbsdboot.exe tries to switch to protected mode using VCPI services. If they're
not available INT15H is used to do the switch. If that fails, it's not possible
for this version of fbsdboot.exe to boot a kernel :-(.
You can get commandline options of fbsdboot if you start it with "-?" as option!
I don't know, if fbsdboot works with QEMM, as I don't have the possibility to
test it.
Enjoy and have fun!
Christian.
cg@fimp01.fim.uni-linz.ac.at
PS: Many thanks to Bruce Evans for his assistance!
1995-02-15 04:45:50 +00:00
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extern int VCPIboot;
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extern int pm_copy(char far *from, unsigned long to, unsigned long count);
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/* pm_copy copies "count" bytes from location "from" (valid C pointer) to the
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* address "to" in the high-memory space.
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*/
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1995-04-27 19:22:36 +01:00
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extern void startprog(long hmaddress, long size, long startaddr, long loadflags,
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long bootdev);
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This is a MS-DOS program, but is does something useful for us:
It boots FreeBSD from a running MS-DOS system.
It's compiled using some MS-DOS tools, but there is a binary
hidden in the uuencoded file. (Go ahead, flame me if you can come up
with a solution for the problem. Just saying "this is bad" doesn't count!)
Rod, you were right: one would have to deal with weird interfaces to the
memory managers, and it seems that Christian found them all, and made them
work.
Thanks Christian!
Reviewed by: phk
Submitted by: DI. Christian Gusenbauer <cg@fimp01.fim.uni-linz.ac.at>
Christians README:
------------------
Hi Everybody!
This is version 1.5 of "fbsdboot", a program that allows you to boot a kernel
from a MS-DOS partition or a FreeBSD partition. This program runs using DOS.
It works with various memory managers (like EMM386, 386MAX) under certain
circumstances.
First, a FreeBSD kernel is always loaded to memory starting at 0x100000. To
assure that loading the kernel *does not* overwrite memory used by memory
managers, high memory for the kernel is allocated and after loading the kernel
it's moved to 0x100000.
Second, there are many ways to switch to protected mode which is necessary to
start the kernel. Each BIOS gives you the possibility to use INT15H (AH=89H)
to do that. But some memory-managers like 386max does not allow you to use
this method.
An other way to do the switch is to use DPMI services, but they do not
guarantee, that the protected mode application is executed with privilege
level 0. Therefore this method is *not* used.
VCPI services offer another way to switch to protected mode, and VCPI servers
are built into "emm386.exe", "386max" and "qemm". That's why, this method is
implemented in fbsdboot.exe.
Fbsdboot.exe tries to switch to protected mode using VCPI services. If they're
not available INT15H is used to do the switch. If that fails, it's not possible
for this version of fbsdboot.exe to boot a kernel :-(.
You can get commandline options of fbsdboot if you start it with "-?" as option!
I don't know, if fbsdboot works with QEMM, as I don't have the possibility to
test it.
Enjoy and have fun!
Christian.
cg@fimp01.fim.uni-linz.ac.at
PS: Many thanks to Bruce Evans for his assistance!
1995-02-15 04:45:50 +00:00
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/* startprog switches to protected mode, moves the kernel from hmaddress
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* to 0x100000l and finally starts the kernel.
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*/
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extern long get_high_memory(long size);
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/* get_high_memory allocates size bytes from high memory (>1MB) and returns
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* the address of this area.
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*/
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