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| From | "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: FORTH for brute force test available? ??? ;/ |
| Date | 2013-02-12 08:43 -0500 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <kfdgs4$qbp$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <vI-dncAjquwIjIXMnZ2dnUVZ_s2dnZ2d@supernews.com> <kf9dph$kii$1@speranza.aioe.org> <3N-dnQ92c_hGjoTMnZ2dnUVZ_uSdnZ2d@supernews.com> |
"Richard Owlett" <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> wrote in message news:3N-dnQ92c_hGjoTMnZ2dnUVZ_uSdnZ2d@supernews.com... ... > If I was writing FROM SCRATCH what I envision, it would > likely be to no more than a dozen BIOS routines and some > loop counters. Ok. > It would write 0x5A from first byte of first sector thru the > last BIOS accesible sector. For large, modern drives, the last BIOS accessible sector is far less than "*ALL* sectors". Direct programming of the drive is necessary. However, your laptops probably don't have such large drives. > Both my laptops can boot from USB flash drives, therefore > the ability to access one must already be present. > Yes, but, my understanding is that this implemented in hardware, not software. It's called "legacy emulation". The hardware emulates the boot device as an IDE drive. Even if it was implemented in software, there are no BIOS routines for accessing or using this extra functionality. Only the booted from device is emulated, i.e., you can use BIOS disk routines - with their size limitations - to access the booted from device. If you boot from CDROM, then your "environment" will need driver code for accessing USB devices. There is no BIOS support for accessing USB. If you boot from USB, then your "environment" will need driver code for accessing CDROMs. If you boot from USB, then you'll be erasing your boot "environment". That's why I recommended a full featured OS. Rod Pemberton
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FORTH for brute force test available? ??? ;/ Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> - 2013-02-10 15:30 -0600
Re: FORTH for brute force test available? ??? ;/ "Clyde W. Phillips Jr." <cwpjr02@gmail.com> - 2013-02-10 13:43 -0800
Re: FORTH for brute force test available? ??? ;/ Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-02-10 14:07 -0800
Re: FORTH for brute force test available? ??? ;/ "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2013-02-10 19:26 -0500
Re: FORTH for brute force test available? ??? ;/ Hannu Vuolasaho <hannu.vuolasaho@nospam.tut.fi.invalid> - 2013-02-11 04:52 +0000
Re: FORTH for brute force test available? ??? ;/ Andy Valencia <user@vsta.org> - 2013-02-11 19:43 +0000
Re: FORTH for brute force test available? ??? ;/ "Clyde W. Phillips Jr." <cwpjr02@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 12:41 -0800
Re: FORTH for brute force test available? ??? ;/ Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-02-11 22:01 +0100
Re: FORTH for brute force test available? ??? ;/ "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2013-02-10 19:26 -0500
Re: FORTH for brute force test available? ??? ;/ Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> - 2013-02-11 09:52 -0600
Re: FORTH for brute force test available? ??? ;/ "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2013-02-12 08:43 -0500
Re: FORTH for brute force test available? ??? ;/ Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> - 2013-02-12 08:56 -0600
Re: FORTH for brute force test available? ??? ;/ Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-02-12 11:38 -0800
BIOS drive capacity limit, was [Re: FORTH for brute force test available? ??? ;/] "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2013-02-13 02:00 -0500
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