VirtualBox 7 Compatability Changes

- Created a PowerShell script `virtualbox-wrapper.ps1` to wrap calls to vboxmanage and only exit once the virtual machine has been terminated.
- Updated launch.json to use the PowerShell launch type to launch `virtualbox-wrapper.ps1` with the machine name supplied as an argument.
- Updated `readme.md` to reflect these changes.

# Conflicts:
#	.vscode/launch.json

.gitignore

@@ -10,5 +10,3 @@
 /*.sh~
 /*.img
 src/include/asuro.pas
-.vscode/launch.json
-.vscode

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -1,25 +1,23 @@
 stages:
-  - Generate Stub and Versions
-  - Generate Version Files
+  - Compile Versions
   - Compile Sources
   - Link
-  - Generate ISO
-  - Generate Sources List
   - Generate Documentation
+  - Deploy
 
-compile_stub:
-  stage: Generate Stub and Versions
-  script: 
-    - chmod +x ./compile_stub.sh
-    - ./compile_stub.sh
-  artifacts:
+cache:
+  - key: ${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}
     paths:
-      - lib/stub.o
+      - lib/*.o
+      - bin/kernel.bin
+      - doc
 
-vergen:
-  stage: Generate Stub and Versions
+before_script:
+  - chmod +x *.sh
+
+versions:
+  stage: Compile Versions
   script:
-    - chmod +x ./compile_vergen.sh
     - ./compile_vergen.sh
   artifacts:
     paths:
@@ -29,71 +27,47 @@ vergen:
 compile_sources:
   stage: Compile Sources
   script:
-    - chmod +x ./compile_sources.sh
+    - rm -f lib/*.so
     - ./compile_sources.sh
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - lib/*.o
-  dependencies:
-    - compile_stub
-    - vergen
   needs:
-    - vergen
-    - compile_stub
+    - versions
 
 link:
   stage: Link
   script:
-    - chmod +x ./compile_link.sh
+    - ./compile_stub.sh
     - ./compile_link.sh
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - bin/kernel.bin
-  dependencies:
-    - compile_sources
   needs:
+    - versions
     - compile_sources
 
 isogen:
-  stage: Generate ISO
+  stage: Deploy
   script:
-    - chmod +x ./compile_isogen.sh
     - ./compile_isogen.sh
-    - chmod +x ./compile_sumgen.sh
     - ./compile_sumgen.sh
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - ./Asuro.iso
       - ./release/checksum.svg
-  dependencies:
-    - link
   needs:
     - link
 
-sourcelist:
-  stage: Generate Sources List
-  script:
-    - chmod +x ./compile_sourcelist.sh
-    - ./compile_sourcelist.sh
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - ./sources.list
-  dependencies:
-    - vergen
-  needs:
-    - vergen
-
 docgen:
   stage: Generate Documentation
+  only:
+    - master
+    - develop
   script:
-    - chmod +x ./compile_docs.sh
+    - ./compile_sourcelist.sh
     - ./compile_docs.sh
+    # Remove comments when we want to use gitlab pages.
+    #- cp doc public
+  allow_failure: true
   artifacts:
     paths:
-      - ./doc/*
-  dependencies:
-    - vergen
-    - sourcelist
+      - doc
+      #- public/*
+      #- ./sources.list
   needs:
-    - vergen
-    - sourcelist
+    - versions

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -3,18 +3,11 @@
         {
             "name":"Run",
             "request": "launch",
-            "type": "coreclr",
+            "type": "PowerShell",
             "preLaunchTask": "Build",
-            "program": "VBoxSDL",
-            "args": [
-                "--comment", 
-                "Asuro", 
-                "--startvm", 
-                "7d395c96-891c-4139-b77d-9b6b144b0b93"
-            ],
+            "script": "${workspaceFolder}/virtualbox-wrapper.ps1",
+            "args": ["-MachineName", "7d395c96-891c-4139-b77d-9b6b144b0b93"],
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
-            "console": "internalConsole",
-            "internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen"
         }
     ]
 }

Dockerfile

@@ -2,18 +2,22 @@ FROM ubuntu:latest
 
 VOLUME ["/code"]
 
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN dpkg --add-architecture i386
-RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install nasm curl make:i386 binutils:i386 xorriso grub-pc-bin dos2unix -y
-RUN apt-get clean
-RUN curl https://sourceforge.net/projects/freepascal/files/Linux/2.6.4/fpc-2.6.4.i386-linux.tar/download --output fpc.tar -L && \
-	tar -xf fpc.tar
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+	curl dos2unix wget git make nasm binutils:i386 xorriso grub-pc-bin && \
+	apt-get clean my room
 
-WORKDIR ./fpc-2.6.4.i386-linux
-RUN ./install.sh
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
+ARG FPC_VERSION=2.6.4
+RUN curl -sL https://sourceforge.net/projects/freepascal/files/Linux/$FPC_VERSION/fpc-$FPC_VERSION.i386-linux.tar/download | tar -xf - && \
+	pushd fpc-$FPC_VERSION.i386-linux && ./install.sh && popd && \
+	rm -rf fpc-$FPC_VERSION.i386-linux
 
 COPY compile.sh /compile.sh
-RUN mkdir /code
+ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fsaintjacques/semver-tool/master/src/semver /usr/bin/semver
+RUN mkdir /code && chmod +x /usr/bin/semver
 WORKDIR /code
 RUN find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 dos2unix
-ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/compile.sh"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
+CMD ["/compile.sh"]

compile.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 ERRCOUNT=0
 echo " "
 echo "======================="
@@ -7,49 +7,32 @@ echo "Asuro Compilation"
 echo " "
 
 #Compile Stub.asm
-./compile_stub.sh
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]
-then
-	echo "Failed to compile stub!"
-	ERRCOUNT=$((ERRCOUNT+1))	
-else
+rm lib/*
+
+runOrFail() {
+	local binary=$1
+	local errorText=$2
+	if $binary; then
 		echo "Success."
+	else
+		echo "$errorText"
+		ERRCOUNT=$((ERRCOUNT+1))
 	fi
+}
+
+runOrFail $(pwd)/compile_stub.sh "Failed to compile stub!"
 
 #Generate .pas with versioning headers.
-./compile_vergen.sh
+runOrFail $(pwd)/compile_vergen.sh "Versions failed to compile"
 
 #Compile all .pas sources
-./compile_sources.sh
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]
-then
-	echo " "
-	echo "Failed to compile FPC Sources!"
-	ERRCOUNT=$((ERRCOUNT+1))	
-else
-	echo " "
-	echo "Success."
-fi
+runOrFail $(pwd)/compile_sources.sh "Failed to compile FPC Sources!"
 
 #Link into a binary.
-./compile_link.sh
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]
-then
-	echo "Failed linking!"
-	ERRCOUNT=$((ERRCOUNT+1))
-else
-	echo "Success."
-fi
+runOrFail $(pwd)/compile_link.sh "Failed linking!"
 
 #Generate an ISO with GRUB as the Bootloader.
-./compile_isogen.sh
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]
-then
-	echo "Failed to create ISO!"
-	ERRCOUNT=$((ERRCOUNT+1))
-else
-	echo "Success."
-fi
+runOrFail ./compile_isogen.sh "Failed to create ISO!"
 
 #Call generate final artifacts based on failure or success of the above.
 if [ "$ERRCOUNT" -ne "0" ]

compile_checksum.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 echo > checksums.md5
 for directory in $(find src/ -maxdepth 10 -type d); do
 	for filename in $directory/*.pas; do

compile_docs.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 echo " "
 echo "======================="
 echo " "
@@ -15,4 +15,3 @@ rm -rf ./doc/*
 echo "Generating Docs..."
 ./pasdoc/bin/pasdoc -N "Asuro" -T "Asuro OS Documentation" -O "html" -E ./doc/ -S sources.list --use-tipue-search
 echo "Docgen finished."
-exit 0

compile_finish.sh

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-#/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 echo " "
 echo "======================="
 echo " "
-if [ "$1" == "failed" ]
+if [[ "$1" == "failed" ]]
 then
 	echo "Errors Occurred, please review."
 	wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/build-failed-red.svg -O release/build.svg 2>/dev/null

compile_isogen.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 echo " "
 echo "======================="
 echo " "

compile_link.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 echo " "
 echo "======================="
 echo " "

compile_sourcelist.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 echo " "
 echo "======================="
 echo " "

compile_sources.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 echo " "
 echo "======================="
 echo " "

compile_stub.sh

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 echo " "
 echo "======================="
 echo " "
 echo "Compiling Stub..."
 echo " "
-rm lib/*
 nasm -f elf src/stub/stub.asm -o lib/stub.o

compile_sumgen.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 echo " "
 echo "======================="
 echo " "

compile_vergen.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
 echo " "
 echo "======================="
 echo " "
@@ -8,60 +9,67 @@ chmod +x ./compile_checksum.sh
 ./compile_checksum.sh
 outfile="src/include/asuro.pas"
 file="version"
-while IFS=: read -r line;do
-	major=$(echo $line | awk '{print $1}')
-	minor=$(echo $line | awk '{print $2}')
-	sub=$(echo $line | awk '{print $3}')
-	release=$(echo $line | awk '{print $4}')
-done <"$file"
+{
+	# this script requires semver tool
+	wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fsaintjacques/semver-tool/master/src/semver -O bin/semver && chmod +x bin/semver
+	export PATH="$(pwd)/bin:$PATH"
+}
+tagref=$(git describe --tags)
+revision=$(git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
+major=$(semver get major $tagref)
+minor=$(semver get minor $tagref)
+sub=$(semver get patch $tagref)
+version=$(semver get release $tagref)
+release=$(semver get prerel $tagref)
+build=$(semver get build $tagref)
 linecount=$(./loc.sh | awk '{print $1}')
 sourcecount=$(find src -type f | wc -l)
 drivercount=$(find src/driver -type f | wc -l)
-revision=$(git rev-list --all --count)
 fpcversion=$(fpc -h | grep -m 1 version | awk '{print $5}')
 makeversion=$(make -v | grep GNU | awk '{print $3}' | grep -v GNU)
 nasmversion=$(nasm -v | awk '{print $3'})
 compiledate=$(date +"%d/%m/%y")
 compiletime=$(date +"%T")
 checksum=$(md5sum checksums.md5 | awk '{print $1}')
-echo "{" > $outfile
-echo "   Include->Asuro - Constants generated during pipeline/compilation for use at runtime." >> $outfile
-echo "   @author(Autogenerated)" >> $outfile
-echo "}" >> $outfile
-echo "unit asuro;" >> $outfile
-echo " " >> $outfile
-echo "interface" >> $outfile
-echo " " >> $outfile
-echo "const" >> $outfile
-echo "     VERSION       = '$major.$minor.$sub-$revision$release'; //The current full version as a string." >> $outfile
-echo "     VERSION_MAJOR = '$major'; // Current major version as a string." >> $outfile
-echo "     VERSION_MINOR = '$minor'; // Current minor version as a string." >> $outfile
-echo "     VERSION_SUB   = '$sub'; // Current sub version as a string." >> $outfile
-echo "     REVISION      = '$revision'; // Current revision as a string." >> $outfile
-echo "     RELEASE       = '$release'; // Current release as a string." >> $outfile
-echo "     LINE_COUNT    = $linecount; // Project line count as compiled as a string." >> $outfile
-echo "     FILE_COUNT    = $sourcecount; // Project line count as compiled as a string." >> $outfile
-echo "     DRIVER_COUNT  = $drivercount; // Number of baked drivers in the current binary." >> $outfile
-echo "     FPC_VERSION   = '$fpcversion'; // Version of the FreePascal Compiler used to compile the current binary." >> $outfile
-echo "     NASM_VERSION  = '$nasmversion'; // Version of the Netwide Assembler used to compile the multiboot stub." >> $outfile
-echo "     MAKE_VERSION  = '$makeversion'; // Version of MAKE used to link the current binary." >> $outfile
-echo "     COMPILE_DATE  = '$compiledate'; // Date in which the current binary was compiled." >> $outfile
-echo "     COMPILE_TIME  = '$compiletime'; // Time in which the current binary was compiled." >> $outfile
-echo "     CHECKSUM      = '$checksum'; // MD5 pseduo-checksum of all of the sourcefiles together." >> $outfile
-echo " " >> $outfile
-echo "implementation" >> $outfile
-echo " " >> $outfile
-echo "end." >> $outfile
+
+[[ -n "$release" ]] && version="$version-$release"
+cat > $outfile <<EOF
+unit asuro;
+ 
+interface
+ 
+const
+     VERSION       = '$version';
+     VERSION_MAJOR = '$major';
+     VERSION_MINOR = '$minor';
+     VERSION_SUB   = '$sub';
+     REVISION      = '$revision';
+     RELEASE       = '$release';
+     LINE_COUNT    = $linecount;
+     FILE_COUNT    = $sourcecount;
+     DRIVER_COUNT  = $drivercount;
+     FPC_VERSION   = '$fpcversion';
+     NASM_VERSION  = '$nasmversion';
+     MAKE_VERSION  = '$makeversion';
+     COMPILE_DATE  = '$compiledate';
+     COMPILE_TIME  = '$compiletime';
+     CHECKSUM      = '$checksum';
+ 
+implementation
+ 
+end.
+EOF
 echo "Generating release info..."
-wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/version-$major.$minor.$sub--$revision$release-blue.svg -O release/version.svg 2>/dev/null
-wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/revision-$revision-blue.svg -O release/revision.svg 2>/dev/null
-wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/release-$release-blue.svg -O release/release.svg 2>/dev/null
-wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/lines-$linecount-blueviolet.svg -O release/lines.svg 2>/dev/null
-wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/files-$sourcecount-blueviolet.svg -O release/files.svg 2>/dev/null
-wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/drivers-$drivercount-blueviolet.svg -O release/drivers.svg 2>/dev/null
-wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/FPC_version-$fpcversion-lightgrey.svg -O release/fpcversion.svg 2>/dev/null
-wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/NASM_version-$nasmversion-lightgrey.svg -O release/nasmversion.svg 2>/dev/null
-wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/MAKE_version-$makeversion-lightgrey.svg -O release/makeversion.svg 2>/dev/null
-wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/release_date-$compiledate-lightgrey.svg -O release/date.svg 2>/dev/null
-wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/fingerprint-$checksum-important.svg -O release/fingerprint.svg 2>/dev/null
+set +e # These can fail on branches and such, for now
+wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/version-$major.$minor.$sub--$revision$release-blue.svg -O release/version.svg
+wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/revision-$revision-blue.svg -O release/revision.svg
+wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/release-$release-blue.svg -O release/release.svg
+wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/lines-$linecount-blueviolet.svg -O release/lines.svg
+wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/files-$sourcecount-blueviolet.svg -O release/files.svg
+wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/drivers-$drivercount-blueviolet.svg -O release/drivers.svg
+wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/FPC_version-$fpcversion-lightgrey.svg -O release/fpcversion.svg
+wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/NASM_version-$nasmversion-lightgrey.svg -O release/nasmversion.svg
+wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/MAKE_version-$makeversion-lightgrey.svg -O release/makeversion.svg
+wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/release_date-$compiledate-lightgrey.svg -O release/date.svg
+wget -q https://img.shields.io/badge/fingerprint-$checksum-important.svg -O release/fingerprint.svg
 echo "Done versioning."

doc/flatfs.md

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#Flat filesystem
+
+A super simple filesystem for asuro. Folders are emulated in filenames.
+
+Starts with disk info sector, sector 0 of volume
+
+---
+#### disk info
+
+jmp2boot        : ubit24;
+OEMName         : array[0..7] of char;
+version         : uint16 // numerical version of filesystem
+sectorCount      : uint16;
+fileCount       : uint16
+signature       : uint32 = 0x0B00B1E5
+
+
+the Rest of the sector is reserved
+
+---
+
+Starting from sector 1 is the file table. Table size is determined by entry size (64) * fileCount
+
+---
+####File entry
+
+name : array[0..59] of char //file name max 60 chars
+fileStart : 16bit // start sector of data
+fileSize : 16bit // data size in sectors
+
+---
+

readme.md

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ We welcome everyone to give building/breaking/fixing/shooting Asuro a go, feel f
     I don't think this needs an explaination.
 * [VSCode (Optional, but highly recommended)](https://code.visualstudio.com/)
     Visual Studio code is our IDE of choice, and we have a number of recommended plugins.
-    * [C# Plugin by Microsoft](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.csharp)
-        This plugin gives you the ability to use the 'coreclr' task type, allowing the automatic launching of virtualbox with the resulting image generated during compilation of Asuro.
+    * [PowerShell Plugin by Microsoft](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.powershell)
+        This plugin gives you the ability to use the 'PowerShell' task type, allowing the automatic launching of virtualbox with the resulting image generated during compilation of Asuro.
 * [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/)
     Virtualbox is our Virtualisation environment of choice, don't ask why, it just is.
 
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ We welcome everyone to give building/breaking/fixing/shooting Asuro a go, feel f
 3. Install Docker for Windows.
 4. Install Git for Windows.
 5. Install VSCode & the listed plugins.
-6. Install VirtualBox.
+6. Install VirtualBox (v7+).
 7. Clone this repository.
 8. Run the following command in the root of the repo to build the docker image:
     ```powershell
-    docker-compose build builder
+    docker compose build builder
     ```
 9. Run the following command to compile Asuro:
     ```powershell
-    docker-compose run builder
+    docker compose run builder
     ```
 10. Create a new virtual machine in Virtualbox and mount the `Asuro.iso` generated in step 9 as a boot image.
 11. Add the virtualbox installation directory to your `%PATH%` environment variable, usually:
@@ -57,18 +57,11 @@ We welcome everyone to give building/breaking/fixing/shooting Asuro a go, feel f
             {
                 "name":"Run",
                 "request": "launch",
-                "type": "coreclr",
+                "type": "PowerShell",
                 "preLaunchTask": "Build",
-                "program": "VBoxSDL",
-                "args": [
-                    "--comment", 
-                    "Asuro", 
-                    "--startvm", 
-                    "<YOUR UUID HERE>"
-                ],
+                "script": "${workspaceFolder}/virtualbox-wrapper.ps1",
+                "args": ["-MachineName", "7d395c96-891c-4139-b77d-9b6b144b0b93"],
                 "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
-                "console": "internalConsole",
-                "internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen"
             }
         ]
     }
@@ -77,5 +70,6 @@ We welcome everyone to give building/breaking/fixing/shooting Asuro a go, feel f
 13. Open your project folder in VSCode, use CTRL+SHIFT+B to build & F5 to build + run in VBox.
 14. Congratulations! You can now play with Asuro!
 
-### Gotchas
+### Notes & Gotchas
+- The above process has been updated to be compatible with VirtualBox 7+, in which VBoxSDL was removed and vboxmanage should be used in its place. A small wrapper powershell script is used to achieve this.
 - It was noted that Windows builds above `20H2` seem to have issues installing WSL2. We may have to wait for a patch from Microsoft to fix this. Our devs are currently using build `20H2`.

src/driver/storage/IDE.pas

@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ uses
     lmemorymanager,
     storagemanagement,
     strings,
-    tracer;
+    tracer,
+    drivemanager,
+    storagetypes;
 
 type 
     TPortMode = (P_READ, P_WRITE);
@@ -267,6 +269,7 @@ var
     slaveDevice : TStorage_Device;
     buffer : puint8;
     i : uint8;
+    test : PStorage_device;
 begin
     push_trace('ide.load');
     console.writestringln('[IDE] (LOAD) BEGIN');
@@ -288,14 +291,15 @@ begin
             exit;
         end;
 
-        masterDevice.hpc:= uint32(IDEDevices[0].info[3] DIV IDEDevices[0].info[1]);
+        // masterDevice.hpc:= uint32(IDEDevices[0].info[3] DIV IDEDevices[0].info[1]); //TODO wtf is hpc
 
         masterDevice.sectorSize:= 512;
         if masterDevice.maxSectorCount <> 0 then begin
             IDEDevices[0].exists:= true;
             masterDevice.readCallback:= @dread;
             masterDevice.writeCallback:= @dwrite;
-            storagemanagement.register_device(@masterDevice);
+            // storagemanagement.register_device(@masterDevice);
+            drivemanager.register_device(@masterDevice);
         end;
 
     end;
@@ -330,10 +334,14 @@ var
     device: uint8;
     data: uint16;
 begin 
+    push_trace('IDE.readPIO28');
+
     if not validate_28bit_address(LBA) then begin
         console.writestringln('IDE (writePIO28) ERROR: Invalid LBA!');
     end;
 
+    // push_trace('IDE.readPIO28.2');
+
     //Add last 4 bits of LBA to device port
     if IDEDevices[drive].isMaster then begin
         device:= ATA_DEVICE_MASTER;
@@ -344,6 +352,8 @@ begin
         device_select($F0 or ((LBA and $0F000000) shr 24)); //LBA primary slave
     end;
 
+    // push_trace('IDE.readPIO28.3');
+
     no_interrupt(device);
     port_write(ATA_REG_ERROR, 0);
 
@@ -353,6 +363,8 @@ begin
     port_write(ATA_REG_LBA1, (LBA and $0000FF00) shr 8);
     port_write(ATA_REG_LBA2, (LBA and $00FF0000) shr 16);
 
+    // push_trace('IDE.readPIO28.4');
+
     //send read command
     port_write(ATA_REG_COMMAND, ATA_CMD_READ_PIO); 
     if not is_ready() then exit;
@@ -368,6 +380,8 @@ begin
 
         i:= i + 2;
     end;
+
+        // push_trace('IDE.readPIO28.5');
 end;
 
 procedure writePIO28(drive : uint8; LBA : uint32; buffer : puint8);
@@ -430,8 +444,10 @@ procedure dread(device : PStorage_device; LBA : uint32; sectorCount : uint32; bu
 var
     i : uint16;
 begin
+    push_trace('IDE.dread');
     for i:=0 to sectorCount-1 do begin
-        readPIO28(device^.controllerId0, LBA, puint8(@buffer[512*i])); 
+        readPIO28(device^.controllerId0, LBA + i, puint8(@buffer[512*i])); 
+        psleep(100)
     end;
 end;
 
@@ -440,7 +456,8 @@ var
     i : uint16;
 begin
     for i:=0 to sectorCount-1 do begin
-        writePIO28(device^.controllerId0, LBA, puint8(@buffer[512*i]));
+        writePIO28(device^.controllerId0, LBA + i, puint8(@buffer[512*i]));
+        psleep(100)
     end;
     // writePIO28(device^.controllerId0, LBA, puint8(buffer));
 end;

src/driver/storage/MBR.pas

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+{
+    Driver->Storage->MBR Master boot record 
+
+    @author(Aaron Hance [email protected])
+}
+unit mbr;
+
+interface
+
+uses
+    tracer;
+
+type
+
+    PMaster_Boot_Record = ^TMaster_Boot_Record;
+    PPartition_table = ^TPartition_table;
+
+    TPartition_table = bitpacked record 
+        attributes     : uint8;
+        CHS_start      : array[0..2] of uint8;
+        system_id      : uint8;
+        CHS_end        : array[0..2] of uint8;
+        LBA_start      : uInt32;
+        sector_count   : uInt32;
+    end;
+
+    TMaster_Boot_Record = bitpacked record 
+        bootstrap   : array[0..439] of uint8;
+        signature   : uint32;
+        rsv         : uint16;
+        partition   : array[0..3] of TPartition_table;
+        boot_sector : uint16;
+    end;
+
+    T24bit = array[0..2] of uint8;
+
+    function get_bootable(partition_table : PPartition_table) : boolean;
+    procedure set_bootable(partition_table : PPartition_table);
+    procedure setup_partition(partition_table : PPartition_table; address : uint32; sectorSize : uint32);
+
+implementation
+
+{ convert LBA address to CHS address}
+function LBA_2_CHS(lba : uint32) : T24bit;
+var
+    dat : T24bit;
+begin
+  //TODO impliment procedure
+  LBA_2_CHS := dat;
+end;
+
+{ Set a partition struct to be bootable}
+procedure set_bootable(partition_table : PPartition_table);
+begin
+    push_trace('MBR.set_bootable');
+    //set the bootble bit in attributes
+    partition_table^.attributes := (partition_table^.attributes and $80);
+end;
+
+{ Check a partitions bootable bit }
+function get_bootable(partition_table : PPartition_table) : boolean;
+begin
+    push_trace('MBR.get_bootable');
+    //get the bootble bit in attributes
+    get_bootable := (partition_table^.attributes and $80) = $80;
+end;
+
+{ Setup a partition table struct }
+procedure setup_partition(partition_table : PPartition_table; address : uint32; sectorSize : uint32);
+begin
+    push_trace('MBR.setup_partition');
+    //set values in both LBA and CHS addressing schemes
+    partition_table^.LBA_start := address;
+    partition_table^.sector_count := sectorSize;
+    partition_table^.CHS_start := LBA_2_CHS(address);
+    partition_table^.CHS_start := LBA_2_CHS(address + sectorSize);  
+    push_trace('MBR.setup_partition.end');
+end;
+
+
+end.