[syslinux] COM32

Mortaza Doulaty mortaza.doulaty at gmail.com
Wed Jun 16 22:59:55 PDT 2010


>>Writing to anything on the local filesystem (except the ADV) is the
invalid argument.

Is ADV 'Tru64 UNIX Advanced File System'?

So for writing to FAT partition there is no easy way, I should try to
implement one, is this the case?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 06:06, Mortaza Doulaty
> <mortaza.doulaty at gmail.com> wrote:
> > To be more specific about the error, the file pointer (after trying to
> > create a new file) is NULL and the error no is: 22 which is 'Invalid
> > argument'.
> >
> > I tried reading from a file from the same location, it succeeded.
> >
>
> Writing to anything on the local filesystem (except the ADV) is the
> invalid argument.  You can't write to the FILE pointer as it points
> towards a file.  I believe you could write to the FILE pointer if it
> pointed towards stdout or stderr.  Some BIOSs are buggy hence writing
> is disabled.
>
> There have been discussions on writing to the serial port and a TFTP
> server (PXELINUX only) but I can't be certain of their status.  I know
> HPA implemented something that made collecting a key piece (or set) of
> diagnostic data easier than copying character for character something
> on the screen (purely electronic in some way).
>
> > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Mortaza Doulaty
> > <mortaza.doulaty at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've started my sample COM32 module, as the first step, I tried to write
> to
> >> a file in bootloader's file system itself.
> >> When I call this module, the first printf (which prints an initial
> message
> >> on the console) works, but it hangs there. No file is created and the
> >> program seems to hang.
> >>
>
> --
> -Gene
>
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