Hiya! I have a boot loader than shows an image while it loads, but it runs in 16bit mode. Does anyone have something like it that runs in 32bit mode? It should load a BMP or GIF and if possible, it should have a image size larger than 320x200...

Thanks so much! I would write one myself, but I'm really new to FASM.

EDIT: put BooLoader instead of Boot Loader. lol.

You could try my CdPod should be esay to convert http://board.flatassembler.net/topic.php?t=2164&start=50

Note: i was called ASHLEY4 then.

Thanks. I've seen your example many times, but again, I'm really new to FASM and I have no idea where to start on converting to 32 bit.

Nice example tho.

Hi DataHunter2009,
CdPod run's in pmode (32bit) already, the the graphic are 640x480 32bpp and the image is not a bmp etc, but drawed on line by line, i could easy convert it to show a image,
but here are some problems, first the size of the image will be 900.1 KB , that would take a lot of floppy disk space and a lot of chug, chug, chug when loading and to load it you would need to be in unreal mode, you would also need to enable A20, to display full screen.

640x480 256 would be easer .

PS: what is it you want to load ?

I'd like to load a premade GIF or JPG image. It doesn't have to be 640x480 if that would cause size problems, but I'm probably going to put it on CD anyway in a few days so I guess that wouldn't matter.

I have made a demo for you to try (boots from cd, 640x480 32bpp, BMP), i will up load a ISO for you to try, it needs vesa2.

Let me know if you want me to up load it.

Sure, you can upload it.

i think ive seen that example, its pretty cool too, ive tried making my own with the unreal thing, didnt work out too well, so ive decided to go with loading it from a floppy driver, im trying to make it where it will load in 32 bit mode, and load a 640x480 256 bmp, but i still havnt had any luck yet

I have made you a demo to display a 640x480 24bpp, in pmode, to show how long it will take to load, put the demo on a floppy and reboot your pc, at the prompt type
run vesabmp.bin
If you have vesa 2 , it will print "press any key to load bmp" from pressing the key till the image is displayed is the time it takes to load.
As this demo runs on "Dex4u" you can run any commands or programs for "Dex4u"
type "help" to list commands or "GUI" for graphic mode.
http://www.dex4u.com/Dex4uBmp.zip

I remember that picture

I see the GUI now looks like cdpod.

I didn't know dex4u would work this bin files.

Do you want me to update the screenshot? (gui)

This is the first Dex4u ver I got to make a working image (using the floppy maker).

I'll see if any of my computers support AC97.

Jas20

@jas2o, yes it work with "bin" files and a screenshot will be great , which do you think looks better ?, old GUI or new GUI.

The bmp image is a old favourite of mine, it will be the wall paper for "Dex4u" one day, as soon as i finish the jpeg viewer .
900K is to big to load from a floppy on boot up, but 64k is ok.

First of all, I think you should make a command similar to the text viewer but as the bmp image viewer. This way we could load our own bmp.

Since you said something about a calcpod (something like that) then looks like the GUI will be based on a 'pod' design. Speaking of CalcPOD, the shape should be perfect for If we get mouse support.

I'll put the new screenshot on my site once it is done.

Jas20

Good idea jas2o .