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  • dfg
    #1

    Boot Sector

    Can I write a boot sector using VB? Is there some built in library, or
    is it possible to make my own?

    Can I embed Assembly language?

    Getting ready to work with Visual Basic for the first time.

    Thanks.

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    • Steve Gerrard
      #2
      Re: Boot Sector


      "dfg" <dfg@dfg.net> wrote in message news:Xe7fb.8139 $6C4.136@pd7tw1 no...[color=blue]
      > Can I write a boot sector using VB? Is there some built in library, or
      > is it possible to make my own?
      >
      > Can I embed Assembly language?
      >
      > Getting ready to work with Visual Basic for the first time.
      >
      > Thanks.
      >[/color]

      And your first project is going to be a - what?


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        • dfg
          #3
          Re: Boot Sector

          Steve Gerrard wrote:
          [color=blue]
          > "dfg" <dfg@dfg.net> wrote in message news:Xe7fb.8139 $6C4.136@pd7tw1 no...
          >[color=green]
          >>Can I write a boot sector using VB? Is there some built in library, or
          >>is it possible to make my own?
          >>
          >>Can I embed Assembly language?
          >>
          >>Getting ready to work with Visual Basic for the first time.
          >>
          >>Thanks.
          >>[/color]
          >
          >
          > And your first project is going to be a - what?
          >[/color]

          Boot loader. It's not my first program. I've been programming in C and
          assembly for years. Usually under an embedded DOS or Unix. It's merely
          my first encounter with Visual Basic. Windows programming actually.
          It's alot different from Commodore Basic, which was my first encounter
          with the language... Now I've dated myself. Oh well. At least My first
          wasn't a VAX. :-)



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            • J French
              #4
              Re: Boot Sector

              On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 06:26:34 GMT, dfg <dfg@dfg.net> wrote:

              <snip>[color=blue][color=green]
              >> And your first project is going to be a - what?
              >>[/color]
              >
              >Boot loader. It's not my first program. I've been programming in C and
              >assembly for years. Usually under an embedded DOS or Unix. It's merely
              >my first encounter with Visual Basic. Windows programming actually.
              >It's alot different from Commodore Basic, which was my first encounter
              >with the language... Now I've dated myself. Oh well. At least My first
              > wasn't a VAX. :-)[/color]

              You are in for a shock

              Windows programming is pretty different from what you are used to

              - VB is so far from suitable for what you are talking about, that it
              is .... indescribable

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                • Steve Gerrard
                  #5
                  Re: Boot Sector


                  "dfg" <dfg@dfg.net> wrote in message news:uE8fb.8500 $pl3.2618@pd7tw 3no...[color=blue]
                  > Steve Gerrard wrote:
                  >[color=green]
                  > > "dfg" <dfg@dfg.net> wrote in message news:Xe7fb.8139 $6C4.136@pd7tw1 no...
                  > >[color=darkred]
                  > >>Can I write a boot sector using VB? Is there some built in library, or
                  > >>is it possible to make my own?
                  > >>
                  > >>Can I embed Assembly language?
                  > >>
                  > >>Getting ready to work with Visual Basic for the first time.
                  > >>
                  > >>Thanks.
                  > >>[/color]
                  > >
                  > >
                  > > And your first project is going to be a - what?
                  > >[/color]
                  >
                  > Boot loader. It's not my first program. I've been programming in C and
                  > assembly for years. Usually under an embedded DOS or Unix. It's merely
                  > my first encounter with Visual Basic. Windows programming actually.
                  > It's alot different from Commodore Basic, which was my first encounter
                  > with the language... Now I've dated myself. Oh well. At least My first
                  > wasn't a VAX. :-)
                  >
                  >
                  >[/color]
                  Did some punch card Fortran and Assembler on an IBM 370 once.

                  J French's post pretty much nails it. VB is for writing programs that run in
                  Windows, and a boot loader can't run in Windows. You can do some console stuff,
                  but only in a console window running within Windows. Its useless for low level
                  system stuff, especially a boot loader.



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                    • Raoul Watson
                      #6
                      Re: Boot Sector


                      "dfg" <dfg@dfg.net> wrote in message news:Xe7fb.8139 $6C4.136@pd7tw1 no...[color=blue]
                      > Can I write a boot sector using VB? Is there some built in library, or
                      > is it possible to make my own?
                      >
                      > Can I embed Assembly language?
                      >
                      > Getting ready to work with Visual Basic for the first time.
                      >
                      > Thanks.
                      >[/color]

                      You will have to use MASM to do this. A boot loader has to be written in
                      assembly language native to the processor family (i.e. 808x). You also need
                      to stay under 512 bytes to be compatible with older systems.


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