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1 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/com32/modules/chain.c b/com32/modules/chain.c
index 03893c96..c5154888 100644
--- a/com32/modules/chain.c
+++ b/com32/modules/chain.c
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
* ntldr=<loader>:
* equivalent to -seg 0x2000 -file <loader>, used with WinNT's loaders
*
+ * cmldr=<loader>:
+ * used with Recovery Console of Windows NT/2K/XP.
+ * same as ntldr=<loader> & "cmdcons\0" written to memory address 0000:7C03
+ *
* freedos=<loader>:
* equivalent to -seg 0x60 -file <loader>, used with FreeDOS kernel.sys.
*
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@
#include <syslinux/loadfile.h>
#include <syslinux/bootrm.h>
#include <syslinux/config.h>
+#include <syslinux/video.h>
#define SECTOR 512 /* bytes/sector */
@@ -84,6 +89,7 @@ static struct options {
uint16_t keeppxe;
uint16_t seg;
bool isolinux;
+ bool cmldr;
bool swap;
bool hide;
} opt;
@@ -449,6 +455,7 @@ static void do_boot(void *boot_sector, size_t boot_size,
uint8_t swapdrive = driveno & 0x80;
int i;
addr_t loadbase = opt.seg ? (opt.seg << 4) : 0x7c00;
+ static const char cmldr_signature[8] = "cmdcons";
mmap = syslinux_memory_map();
@@ -464,10 +471,21 @@ static void do_boot(void *boot_sector, size_t boot_size,
endimage = loadbase + boot_size;
- if (syslinux_add_movelist
- (&mlist, loadbase, (addr_t) boot_sector, boot_size))
+ if (syslinux_add_movelist(&mlist, loadbase,
+ (addr_t) boot_sector, boot_size))
goto enomem;
+ /*
+ * To boot the Recovery Console of Windows NT/2K/XP we need to write
+ * the string "cmdcons\0" to memory location 0000:7C03.
+ * Memory location 0000:7C00 contains the bootsector of the partition.
+ */
+ if (opt.cmldr) {
+ if (syslinux_add_movelist(&mlist, 0x7c03, (addr_t)cmldr_signature,
+ sizeof cmldr_signature))
+ goto enomem;
+ }
+
if (opt.swap && driveno != swapdrive) {
static const uint8_t swapstub_master[] = {
/* The actual swap code */
@@ -678,6 +696,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
} else if (!strncmp(argv[i], "ntldr=", 6)) {
opt.seg = 0x2000; /* NTLDR wants this address */
opt.loadfile = argv[i] + 6;
+ } else if (!strncmp(argv[i], "cmldr=", 6)) {
+ opt.seg = 0x2000; /* CMLDR wants this address */
+ opt.loadfile = argv[i] + 6;
+ opt.cmldr = true;
} else if (!strncmp(argv[i], "freedos=", 8)) {
opt.seg = 0x60; /* FREEDOS wants this address */
opt.loadfile = argv[i] + 8;
@@ -714,6 +736,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
"Options: file=<loader> load file, instead of boot sector\n"
" isolinux=<loader> load another version of ISOLINUX\n"
" ntldr=<loader> load Windows bootloaders: NTLDR, SETUPLDR, BOOTMGR\n"
+ " cmldr=<loader> load Recovery Console of Windows NT/2K/XP\n"
" freedos=<loader> load FreeDOS kernel.sys\n"
" msdos=<loader> load MS-DOS io.sys\n"
" pcdos=<loader> load PC-DOS ibmbio.com\n"