Re: Debugging Bootable CD.

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http://silverstr.ufies.org/lotr0/windbg-vmware.html describes how to use
WinDbg to do boot-time debugging of VMWare virtual machines running Windows.
Basically, you use a named pipe to simulate a serial port that WinDbg on the
host machine can use to remotely debug the VM. Of course, this is probably
not directly useful to you, since your OS isn't Windows, but it does suggest
a direction you can take.

Perhaps you can add code to your bootable CD to spit debug messages out this
pseudo com port; you can then capture these messages on the host machine.
Basically you'll develop a Windows app that is similar to WinDbg's remote
debugging mode. I did something similar back in the early 90s when
developing firmware for an i860-based daughter board to plug into an ISA bus
PC running MS-DOS.

"Pawar" <noSpam@me> wrote in message
news:ef$9hTQjFHA.2180@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I cant debug with Virtual PC or VMWare, I need a tool which can
> load/simulate this bootable CD and give debugging option.


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