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WDe and GPT, booting DOS (Users)

posted by Japheth Homepage, Germany (South), 25.10.2022, 17:29

> how did you do this?
>
> did you re-invent "Hybrid GPT" by writing a MBR into the boot sector?

No. I added some code to the FAT32 bootsector ( sector#2 ) to intercept Int 0x13
and return a fake FAT32 PT entry if sector 0 of HD 0x80 is read.

Also, in config.sys the very first device driver is one that restores the old Int 0x13 vector ( by using good old "virus call" int 2Fh, ah=13h :-D ).

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