[coreboot] ### ALDO Windows Coreboot

[Steve Spano]

Hi Folks,
 
I have an AMD LX800 custom board running coreboot v2 and linux just fine.
 
We may now want to use coreboot to boot a Windows2000/XP. I have traced
through the FAQ/lists and assembled this
 
1) ALDO embedded with CorebootV3
2) Merged in the LX VGA ROM file (64KB) into the blob/vsa folder
 
My goal right now is to have it recognize a CDROM, install Windows to a 4GB
Compact Flash (as an IDE slave), and then boot onto the CompactFlash as
IDE-Master.
 
I cannot seem to get the CDROM to boot. Nor can I get the comapct flash,
with a known good linux image, to boot.
 
I get all the way into ALDO during boot, ALDO finds the CDrom/CF but then it
seems like it has some issue scanning the ATA bus. It says that
 
"in13_hardisk:function 2 unmapped device for ELDL=80"

Debugging into this, it is triggered by this (devices>=BX_MAX_ATA_DEVICES)
and it seems like regardless of if I have a CD, CD+CF, or CF, I am always
getting devices=BX_MAX_ATA_DEVICES.
Also, seems like there is an int13_cdrom as well? Shouldnt that be called in
the handler for detecting CD rom?
 
Also - I assume that ADLO can boot a linux image as well. I believe that's
what I read?
 
If anyone has a few hints, that would be great.
 
Thanks
 
Steve Spano, President

Finger Lakes Engineering

 

-----Original Message-----
From: coreboot-bounces at coreboot.org [mailto:coreboot-bounces at coreboot.org]
On Behalf Of Corey Osgood
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 2:54 PM
To: coreboot at coreboot.org
Subject: Re: [coreboot] flashrom: write bug


On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Peter Stuge <peter at stuge.se> wrote:


Corey Osgood wrote:
> Worst part is that my stock BIOS chip doesn't write quite right, it
> took at least a few dozen attempts to get the stock BIOS back on
> it. Something wrong with the timing

Which flash part and chipset is this?


W39V040PBZ on Via VT8237RP

-Corey 



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