It's been a while since I did any ASM, and decided to once again try and write a small bootloader, testing with qemu. My issue is with interupt 13, for some reason the carry flag is being set, so the read is failing. Currently, my disk image looks like:
512 Byte BootLoader <- This (as far as I'm aware) Is block 0 in LBA
Main Function <- This would be block 1
Basically, with the 512 bytes the bios loads into memory, I want to load the next 512 bytes from the same drive. I can't figure out what's going wrong however. Hope I've given enough information.
Here's the code, the problem is with the second 0x13 interrupt, just before the jump to 0x7E00:
[bits 16]
[org 0x7C00]
; Prepare Stack Segment
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
mov sp, 0x7A00 ; Move Stack into SP
mov bp, sp ; Store current Stack Base
; Print Character to Make Sure Bootloader Has Reached this Point
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
mov ah, 0x0E ; Print Character to Screen
mov bh, 0x00 ; No Page Numbering
mov bl, 0x07 ; White Text, Black Background
mov al, 65 ; Print Letter A
int 0x10
; Check if INT0x13 Extentions are Supported
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
mov ah, 0x41 ; Set Function 0x41
mov word bx, 0x55AA
push dx ; Save old Drive Identifier
mov dl, 0x80 ; Load 'Active' ID Into dl
int 0x13 ; Call Interupt
jc short unsupported ; If Extentions aren't Supported, Jump
xor ax, ax
add ax, 1 ; Clear Carry Bit
mov si, DAPS ; Load DAPS Struct to DS:SI
mov ah, 0x42 ; Read Functions (AL Ignored)
mov dl, 0x80 ; Active Boot Drive (Commented Out Due to Line 24)
int 0x13
jc short unsupported ; If something goes wrong...
jmp 0x7E00 ; Jump to main
; Errors
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
unsupported:
mov ah, 0x0E ; Print Letter F, Gives Indication of Failure
mov bh, 0x00
mov bl, 0x07
mov al, 70
int 0x10
success:
pop dx ; Pop Original Drive Identifier
jmp $
; Fill Out Rest of Bootloader
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
times 494-($-$$) db 0
; Memory Data Structures and Other Variables
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
; Disk Address Packet Structure (Used For Loading Rest of OS)
DAPS: db 0x10 ; Size of Structure (16 bytes)
db 0 ; Always 0
db 1 ; Number of Sectors to Read (1x512)
db 0 ; Always 0
dw 0x7E00 ; Target Location for Reading To
dw 0 ; Page Table (0, Disabled)
dd 1 ; Read from Second Block
dd 0 ; Large LBAs, ignore
db 0x55, 0xAA ; Add Boot Record Signature
main:
mov ah, 0x0E ; Print Character to Screen
mov bh, 0x00 ; No Page Numbering
mov bl, 0x07 ; White Text, Black Background
mov al, 66 ; Print Letter B
int 0x10
jmp $