Re: Digest for lisalist_at_email.domain.hidden - 2 Messages in 2 Topics

I have the boot block disassembled and commented, I worked on this issue years ago.
I think it's too early in the boot process to be the same xenix bug that affects Xprofile and needs a patch.
I'll ask my son to explore my other laptop at home to find the code (I did not put those files on the public cvs repository).

2012/9/3 <lisalist_at_email.domain.hidden>

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> - booting Lisa Xenix <#139892b812b34244_group_thread_0> [1 Update]
> - Digest for lisalist_at_email.domain.hidden - 1 Message in 1 Topic<#139892b812b34244_group_thread_1>[1 Update]
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> booting Lisa Xenix<http://groups.google.com/group/lisalist/t/b3771c986e396fc5>
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> James MacPhail <gg__at_email.domain.hidden> Sep 02 08:53AM -0700
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> >did anybody manage to boot Xenix directly from hard disk
>
> Yes, I was able to get Xenix 3.0 to boot from a ProFile/emulator or
> Widget connected to the built-in port. (However, Xenix 2.3, the
> version distributed on Twiggy disks, does not install boot code on
> the hard disk)
>
> >What qualifies a working boot block? The "AAAA" signature is present.
>
> For Lisa to attempt to boot a device, all it requires is 0xAAAA at
> offset 4 in the tags of block 0. If that signature is present, Lisa
> will execute the code in block 0. No other checks are performed.
>
> >Does the boot code start at offset 0x14 (after the tag bytes)?
>
> Yes, the code does start at offset 0x14, the first byte in the data
> field after the tags. (For a Widget, the code starts at offset 0x14
> in the data field, as the boot ROM loads block 0 from a Widget using
> the ProFile code.)
>
> >when I try to boot from HD Lisa throws a "75" error (bad system
> >file). It never tries to access any other block than 0000, so
> >something seems to be wrong with that boot code.
>
> When an error occurs while loading block 0, the error code is
> generated by the boot ROM. However, I believe we commonly see errors
> 80-85 when attempting to load a boot sector from a ProFile, so it may
> be the Xenix code that is returning error 75.
>
> If the boot code in block 0 returns to the boot ROM, it can pass any
> error code, so error 75 could mean anything to Xenix.
>
> My guess is that Xenix thinks there is a ProFile handshaking problem.
>
> Consider applying the patches from
> http://SigmaSevenSystems.com/xpf_xenix.html and re-installing the
> patched Xenix on the hard drive (or perhaps you can apply the patches
> directly to the hard drive partition if using an IDEfile).
>
> Let me know if the problem persists and I will disassemble the boot
> block code to see if there are any clues as to what error 75 means.
>
> Good luck!
>
>
>
> Digest for lisalist_at_email.domain.hidden - 1 Message in 1 Topic<http://groups.google.com/group/lisalist/t/4c150b2f853818c2>
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> "Gilles Fétis" <gilles504_at_email.domain.hidden> Sep 02 02:14PM +0400
>
> I think you can boot with a trick. something like breaking normal
> booting
> procedure and forcing profile boot. if you boot with default device
> some
> register is 0 and xenix boot code fails. If you force a real boot
> device
> register has another value.
> It's a bug between boot eprom and xenix boot code.
>
> I have more information about this bug on my other laptop where I
> partly
> coded Idle... problem is I'm 9500km from home :)
>
>
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