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Jerfov2
Jerfov2

Reputation: 5524

How to test a bootloader

I have a little bootloader file (512 B) that I would like to test without destroying my computer. Are there any virtual machine programs that would allow me to do this?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1044

Answers (1)

David Hoelzer
David Hoelzer

Reputation: 16351

Virtualbox, Bochs and VMWare work quite well for this.

If you are creating the bootloader and plan to jump into SVGA graphics from your bootloader I'd recommend that you look at Virtualbox; I've had lots of incompatibilities with some SVGA modes in VMWare that are very difficult to troubleshoot.

Upvotes: 6

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