I'll give you step 1 for now. Let me know when that's done and we'll go into step 2:
;*************************************************************************
[BITS 16]
ORG 0
jmp START
OEM_ID db "QUASI-OS"
BytesPerSector dw 0x0200
SectorsPerCluster db 0x01
ReservedSectors dw 0x0001
TotalFATs db 0x02
MaxRootEntries dw 0x00E0
TotalSectorsSmall dw 0x0B40
MediaDescriptor db 0xF0
SectorsPerFAT dw 0x0009
SectorsPerTrack dw 0x0012
NumHeads dw 0x0002
HiddenSectors dd 0x00000000
TotalSectorsLarge dd 0x00000000
DriveNumber db 0x00
Flags db 0x00
Signature db 0x29
VolumeID dd 0xFFFFFFFF
VolumeLabel db "QUASI BOOT"
SystemID db "FAT12 "
START:
; code located at 0000:7C00, adjust segment registers
cli
mov ax, 0x07C0
mov ds, ax
mov es, ax
mov fs, ax
mov gs, ax
; create stack
mov ax, 0x0000
mov ss, ax
mov sp, 0xFFFF
sti
; post message
mov si, msgLoading
call DisplayMessage
LOAD_ROOT:
; compute size of root directory and store in "cx"
xor cx, cx
xor dx, dx
mov ax, 0x0020 ; 32 byte directory entry
mul WORD [MaxRootEntries] ; total size of directory
div WORD [BytesPerSector] ; sectors used by directory
xchg ax, cx
; compute location of root directory and store in "ax"
mov al, BYTE [TotalFATs] ; number of FATs
mul WORD [SectorsPerFAT] ; sectors used by FATs
add ax, WORD [ReservedSectors] ; adjust for bootsector
mov WORD [datasector], ax ; base of root directory
add WORD [datasector], cx
; read root directory into memory (7C00:0200)
mov bx, 0x0200 ; copy root dir above bootcode
call ReadSectors
; browse root directory for binary image
mov cx, WORD [MaxRootEntries] ; load loop counter
mov di, 0x0200 ; locate first root entry
.LOOP:
push cx
mov cx, 0x000B ; eleven character name
mov si, ImageName ; image name to find
push di
rep cmpsb ; test for entry match
pop di
je LOAD_FAT
pop cx
add di, 0x0020 ; queue
next directory entry
loop .LOOP
jmp FAILURE
LOAD_FAT:
; save starting cluster of boot image
mov si, msgCRLF
call DisplayMessage
mov dx, WORD [di + 0x001A]
mov WORD [cluster], dx ; file's first cluster
; compute size of FAT and store in "cx"
xor ax, ax
mov al, BYTE [TotalFATs] ; number of FATs
mul WORD [SectorsPerFAT] ; sectors used by FATs
mov cx, ax
; compute location of FAT and store in "ax"
mov ax, WORD [ReservedSectors] ; adjust for bootsector
; read FAT into memory (7C00:0200)
mov bx, 0x0200 ; copy FAT above bootcode
call ReadSectors
; read image file into memory (0050:0000)
mov si, msgCRLF
call DisplayMessage
mov ax, 0x0050
mov es, ax ; destination for image
mov bx, 0x0000 ; destination for image
push bx
LOAD_IMAGE:
mov ax, WORD [cluster] ; cluster to read
pop bx ; buffer to read into
call ClusterLBA ; convert cluster to LBA
xor cx, cx
mov cl, BYTE [SectorsPerCluster] ; sectors to read
call ReadSectors
push bx
; compute next cluster
mov ax, WORD [cluster] ; identify current cluster
mov cx, ax ; copy current cluster
mov dx, ax ; copy current cluster
shr dx, 0x0001 ; divide by two
add cx, dx ; sum for (3/2)
mov bx, 0x0200 ; location of FAT in memory
add bx, cx ; index into FAT
mov dx, WORD [bx] ; read two bytes from FAT
test ax, 0x0001
jnz .ODD_CLUSTER
.EVEN_CLUSTER:
and dx, 0000111111111111b ; take low twelve bits
jmp .DONE
.ODD_CLUSTER:
shr dx, 0x0004 ; take high twelve bits
.DONE:
mov WORD [cluster], dx ; store new cluster
cmp dx, 0x0FF0 ; test for end of file
jb LOAD_IMAGE
DONE:
mov si, msgCRLF
call DisplayMessage
push WORD 0x0050
push WORD 0x0000
retf
FAILURE:
mov si, msgFailure
call DisplayMessage
mov ah, 0x00
int 0x16 ; await keypress
int 0x19 ; warm boot computer
;*************************************************************************
; PROCEDURE DisplayMessage
; display ASCIIZ string at "ds:si" via BIOS
;*************************************************************************
DisplayMessage:
lodsb ; load next character
or al, al ; test for NUL character
jz .DONE
mov ah, 0x0E ; BIOS teletype
mov bh, 0x00 ; display page 0
mov bl, 0x07 ; text attribute
int 0x10 ; invoke BIOS
jmp DisplayMessage
.DONE:
ret
;*************************************************************************
; PROCEDURE ReadSectors
; reads "cx" sectors from disk starting at "ax" into memory location "es:bx"
;*************************************************************************
ReadSectors:
.MAIN
mov di, 0x0005 ; five retries for error
.SECTORLOOP
push ax
push bx
push cx
call LBACHS
mov ah, 0x02 ; BIOS read sector
mov al, 0x01 ; read one sector
mov ch, BYTE [absoluteTrack] ; track
mov cl, BYTE [absoluteSector] ; sector
mov dh, BYTE [absoluteHead] ; head
mov dl, BYTE [DriveNumber] ; drive
int 0x13 ; invoke BIOS
jnc .SUCCESS ; test for read error
xor ax, ax ; BIOS reset disk
int 0x13 ; invoke BIOS
dec di ; decrement error counter
pop cx
pop bx
pop ax
jnz .SECTORLOOP ; attempt to read again
int 0x18
.SUCCESS
mov si, msgProgress
call DisplayMessage
pop cx
pop bx
pop ax
add bx, WORD [BytesPerSector] ; queue next buffer
inc ax ; queue next sector
loop .MAIN ; read next sector
ret
;*************************************************************************
; PROCEDURE ClusterLBA
; convert FAT cluster into LBA addressing scheme
; LBA = (cluster - 2) * sectors per cluster
;*************************************************************************
ClusterLBA:
sub ax, 0x0002 ; zero base cluster number
xor cx, cx
mov cl, BYTE [SectorsPerCluster] ; convert byte to word
mul cx
add ax, WORD [datasector] ; base data sector
ret
;*************************************************************************
; PROCEDURE LBACHS
; convert LBA addressing scheme to CHS addressing scheme
; absolute sector = (logical sector / sectors per track) + 1
; absolute head = (logical sector / sectors per track) MOD number of heads
; absolute track = logical sector / (sectors per track * number of heads)
;*************************************************************************
LBACHS:
xor dx, dx ; prepare dx:ax for operation
div WORD [SectorsPerTrack] ; calculate
inc dl ; adjust for sector 0
mov BYTE [absoluteSector], dl
xor dx, dx ; prepare dx:ax for operation
div WORD [NumHeads] ; calculate
mov BYTE [absoluteHead], dl
mov BYTE [absoluteTrack], al
ret
absoluteSector db 0x00
absoluteHead db 0x00
absoluteTrack db 0x00
datasector dw 0x0000
cluster dw 0x0000
ImageName db "LOADER BIN"
msgLoading db 0x0D, 0x0A, "Loading Boot Image ", 0x0D, 0x0A, 0x00
msgCRLF db 0x0D, 0x0A, 0x00
msgProgress db ".", 0x00
msgFailure db 0x0D, 0x0A, "ERROR : Press Any Key to Reboot", 0x00
TIMES 510-($-$$) DB 0
DW 0xAA55
;*************************************************************************
