I'm going to write and test a bootloader. In order to do this, I am planning to copy the bootloader onto a floppy image file and mount it in a VM. However, I'm not sure where to put the bootloader's machine code. Does it just get dumped into the first few bytes of the file? ...
I'm interested in writing a boot loader for USB sticks that looks for a directory of ISOs and gives you the option to boot one of them as if it were a bootable CD. This is basically so I have a menu driven program that allows me to install one of several different distributions off of a USB stick. Where would I go to figure out how to ...
I currently have Ubuntu 9.10 and Windows 7 32bit installed with my windows bootloader being able to boot into ubuntu. I get very annoyed that Ubuntu is automaticaly selected at startup and I want to switch to my default windows bootloader and remove GRUB. How do I do this? BTW: My computer boots like this GRUB>Ubuntu OR GRUB>Windows Wi...
I want to choose between several OS's during startup. How can i manage this by using my bluetooth keyboard/Cellphone or at least my IR remote? ...
Hi there, I have a MAC mini with Windows and OS X installed in it. This mac is connected to a KVM and the keyboard that I use it's a regular PC keyboard. When I try to load the Startup Manager by pressing the Function key at startup, it fails and loads directly into OS X. I believe that the KVM is giving me trouble but I can't get rid o...
I am developing a USB based bootloader for HCS08 family of micro-controllers. I have the bootloader code in assembly(which works fine for serial communication). I am calling a C functions for USB communication (Terminal<>Micro controller) from this assembly code. However, it seems that these C functions are not getting located in protec...