Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: >> So, is boot0sio supposed to just work with a cheap USB->RS232 dongle at >> the other end? I don't know how this paragraph from boot0cfg(8) is >> affecting me. >> > boot0sio is wholly dependent upon BIOS support for addressing the > on-board COM1 port. It is not intended (read: very unlikely) to work > with USB dongles. > > If your BIOS does not support the call that it uses, then the symptoms > will be similar to what you've seen. Unfortunately there is just not > enough space in the MBR to implement any workarounds for this. > Yeah, unless the BIOS provides traditional SIO emulation via USB (similar idea to providing tradition AT keyboard emulation via USB) then boot0sio won't work. It's not very feasible to put a USB stack into the early boot loader anyways. It's somewhat possible (at least, using a chained boot loader), but not very feasible. ScottReceived on Fri Feb 08 2008 - 19:38:48 UTC
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