Re: Searching for string problems

Andrew Kirilenko (icedank@gmx.net)
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 23:12:09 +0300


Hello!

> >
> > And this code won't work as well :(
> >
> > Unfortunately, I can't start DOS and check, cause there is no video and
> > keyboard controller on that PC.
> >
>
> Change this:
>
> movw $0xe000, %ax
>
> To:
> movw $0xf000, %ax
>
> ... like I told you. The BIOS ROM contents, the stuff that has the
> serial number _must_ start where I told you.

Already solved the problem. AX was overwritten, before storing it's value (0
or 1) into memory. The most stupid mistake, I've seen last year. 20 hours of
kernel programming without breaks isn't really good.

Thanks too all of you, once again. You really saved my life.

Best regards,
Andrew.

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