Raptor AT – Installation Guide

Table D-5 Bootblock Recovery Codes

The bootblock recovery checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution:

 

Checkpoint

 

 

 

Description

 

Code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E0h

 

The onboard floppy controller if available is initialized.

 

 

Next, beginning the base 512 KB memory test.

 

 

 

 

E1h

 

Initializing the interrupt vector table next.

 

E2h

 

Initializing the DMA and Interrupt controllers next.

 

E6h

 

Enabling the floppy drive controller and Timer IRQs.

 

 

Enabling internal cache memory.

 

 

 

 

EDh

 

Initializing the floppy drive.

 

EEh

 

Looking for a floppy diskette in drive A:. Reading the

 

 

first sector of the diskette.

 

 

 

 

EFh

 

A read error occurred while reading the floppy drive in

 

 

drive A:.

 

 

 

 

 

 

F0h

 

Next, searching for the AMIBOOT.ROM file in the root

 

 

directory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1h

 

The AMIBOOT.ROM file is not in the root directory.

 

F2h

 

Next, reading and analyzing the floppy diskette FAT to

 

 

find the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT.ROM file.

 

 

 

 

F3h

 

Next,

reading

the AMIBOOT.ROM file, cluster by

 

 

cluster.

 

 

 

 

 

 

F4h

 

The AMIBOOT.ROM file is not the correct size.

 

F5h

 

Next, disabling internal cache memory.

 

FBh

 

Next, detecting the type of flash ROM.

 

FCh

 

Next, erasing the flash ROM.

 

FDh

 

Next, programming the flash ROM.

 

FFh

 

Flash

ROM

programming was successful. Next,

 

 

restarting the system BIOS.

 

 

 

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