Whenever I run this in QEMU, I don't seem to get an error, but the message isn't printed on the screen, so I'm not sure what's really happening that I can't see. Here is my code:
[org 0x7c00]
mov bp, 0x8000
mov sp, bp
mov si, name
call print_string
mov si, version
call print_string
call rd_dsk
mov si, testmsg
call print_string
jmp $
;Print
print_char:
mov ah, 0x0e
int 0x10
ret
print_string:
screen:
lodsb
cmp al, 0
je screen_end
mov ah, 0x0e
int 0x10
jmp screen
screen_end:
ret
print_hex:
mov si, hex_temp
mov bx, dx
shr bx, 12
mov bx, [bx+hex_alph]
mov [hex_temp+2], bl
mov bx, dx
shr bx, 8
and bx, 0x000f
mov bx, [bx+hex_alph]
mov [hex_temp+3], bl
mov bx, dx
shr bx, 4
and bx, 0x000f
mov bx, [bx+hex_alph]
mov [hex_temp+4], bl
mov bx, dx
and bx, 0x000f
mov bx, [bx+hex_alph]
mov [hex_temp+5], bl
call print_string
ret
;Read
rd_dsk:
mov ah, 0x02
mov al, 0x01
mov ch, 0x00
mov dh, 0x00
mov cl, 0x02
mov bx, 0x00
mov es, bx
mov bx, 0x7c00 + 512
int 0x13
jc rd_dsk_error
ret
; Error
rd_dsk_error:
mov si, rd_dsk_error_msg
call print_string
jmp $
;Misc Data
name:
db 'PurityOS ',0
version:
db 'v0.0.1.2 ',0
hex_temp:
db '0x????',0
hex_alph:
db '0123456789ABCDEF'
; Error Messages
rd_dsk_error_msg:
db 'Error reading the disk.',0
times 510-($-$$) db 0
dw 0xaa55
;Data beyond BootSector
testmsg:
db 'Reading Second Sector',0
I expected to get this output:
PurityOS v0.0.1.2 Reading Second Sector
However, I only get this:
PurityOS v0.0.1.2
Also, if I put the "call rd_dsk" at the top:
[org 0x7c00]
mov bp, 0x8000
mov sp, bp
call rd_dsk
mov si, name
call print_string
mov si, version
call print_string
mov si, testmsg
call print_string
jmp $
I don't get any output, I only get the blinking cursor, as if I only have "jmp $"
I assemble the .asm file using NASM, and I run it with QEMU. "qemu -fda ..." doesn't work. I get "The program 'qemu' can be found in the following packages" which none of the packages helped after being installed. I just run "qemu-system-x86_64 ./Asm/bootsector.bin" to open QEMU.
Thank you in advance.
Your stack pointer is initially located at 0x0000:0x8000.
When you perform a "call" or "int" instruction the return address is pushed on the stack (which is located in the memory range 0x7F00-0x8000).
When you overwrite this memory the system will crash.
Solution:
Change 0x8000 to 0x7BFC in this line:
mov bp, 0x8000
mov sp, bp