con_jdc@umt.UUCP (con_jdc) (02/12/90)
Hi,
Sorry for the massive cross-posting but this request defies
categorization. Does anyone out there know of any books/source code
to roll your own PC (XT or AT) BIOS. I've seen ads in C Users Journal
about coding a BIOS but I don't want to waste $200 dollars if it
doesn't do what I want: Specifically I need a routine to totally
bypass drive A: during the boot process (i.e. disable floppy boot).
(I would have posted to alt.msdos.programmer or comp.ibm.programmer(??)
but we don't get access to those groups here). Any help is, of course,
greatly appreciated.
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"Diskmuncher" +------------------+huilin@hpindda.HP.COM (Hui-Lin Lim) (02/13/90)
Could you have deleted the HIMEM.SYS driver? This software would
allow Windows to relocate part of itself into memory above the
1Mb limit thereby making more room available to applications. Of
course I don't know if you are running Windows/286 or 386 so this
may not be relevant.
Hui-Lin Lim
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