Re: [ros-dev] Re: [ros-bugs] [Bug 390] Freeloader Execption: DIVIDE BYZERO

[Jerry]

My bootsector is clean, and it is /highly/ derived from the *FreeDOS* 
bootsector (GPL). If you take the FreeDOS bootsector and mine and look 
at them side by side you will find some striking similarities. I have 
complied with the GPL and put the derivative work under the GPL too. I 
haven't been able to get a dev to look at it yet. If any who fall in 
that category want to, I'll send it to you.

Brandon Turner wrote:
> Taken from Ged's email ealier:
> "First of all, we must take the authors word on whether something 
> needs auditing or not."
>
> If you say it is clean, it is good enough for me.  Lets move on.
>
> Brandon
>
> Brian Palmer wrote:
> > Why are you wasting your time writing a completely new untested boot 
> > sector
> > when FreeLoader already has a fully working fully tested, stable, and
> > debugged boot sector? I know, I know - you're going to say that it is a
> > reverse engineered Microsoft boot sector. There are actually two - 
> > one is a
> > reverse engineered Microsoft boot sector, and the other is FreeLoaders.
> > Anyone who actually compares the source side by side can see that
> > FreeLoaders boot sector code is *not* a copy of Microsofts. They are 
> > vastly
> > different. I keep waiting for the auditors to do their job and audit 
> > this
> > piece of code, but they don't seem to be doing it. The point is, we 
> > don't
> > need another boot sector when, as soon as the code gets audited, the
> > original boot sector will be just fine.
> >
> > BTW - where can I download your boot sector code? It should be 
> > audited just
> > as much as the original boot sector code, since you've undoubtedly 
> > looked at
> > the FreeLoader & boot sector sources to see how things are done.
> >
> > -Brian
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [e-mail] 
> > [mailto:[e-mail]] On
> > Behalf Of Jerry
> > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 4:42 PM
> > To: [e-mail]
> > Subject: [ros-dev] Re: [ros-bugs] [Bug 390] Freeloader Execption: DIVIDE
> > BYZERO
> >
> > I had this same problem when developing my bootsector. When I reset 
> > the bootdrive before I jumped to freeldr the problem went away. I 
> > think that the first thing that freeldr needs to is to reset the boot 
> > drive before it moves on.
> >
> > [e-mail] wrote:
> > > http://www.reactos.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=390
> > >
> > > ------- Additional Comments From [e-mail]
> >
> > 2006-02-25 00:17 CET -------
> > > got the same problem with the boot cd 2.9 on a travelmate 290.    
> > > shoud be the same hardware and the same crappy "insyde software" bios
> >
> > (v2.0 on
> > > my chip):    Press any key to boot from CD <enter>     Failed to 
> > > read the PVD.    Press any key    Failed to read the super block.    
> > > Press any key <enter>  Failed to read boot sector.    Press any key 
> > > <enter>  Failed to read boot sector.    Press any key <enter>  
> > > Unable to locate boot parition       Press any key <enter>  Error 
> > > opening boot partition for file access. <enter>   
> > > Press any key to boot from CD   
> > > And so on...  Notice that one time the any-key message appears 
> > > without waitig for any
> >
> > key.
> > > And, after the first "round" it waits way shorter for any keypress 
> > > to boot
> > > from CD (the time between two dots printed has decreased). I 
> > > experienced this problem with the first LiveCD version i tried (2.0 
> > > i think).
> >
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