From: nowhere@never.at   
      
   On 24/03/2023 11:25, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > What options do you see for a virtual hard disk?   
      
   Never tried because there are about 20 new HDs on my shelf.   
      
   > I just went to create a virtual hard disk as above.   
   > I made it fixed size (500 MB).   
   > I initialized it as MBR.   
   > I created a new simple volume and the formatting   
   > options included FAT (which means 12/16), FAT32   
   > and NTFS.   
      
   I wont fool myself with fake virtualization.   
      
   > I haven't retested a direct to USB stick/CD.   
   > But that image can definitely be burned to USB stick.   
      
   >> I might need to buy me an older second hand PC for this,   
   >> but what I found so far is either damaged or not suitable.   
      
   > I am using a modern machine and Windows 10. It works fine.   
      
   >>> You probably just haven't put a bootable (\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI)   
   >>> USB stick into the machine so that it is recognized and presented   
   >>> to you as a boot option.   
      
   >> the problem still is to create a UEFI64 USB   
      
   > Unless there is a glitch in the Matrix that makes Windows 10   
   > work for me (in the Philippines), but not you (in Germany?),   
   > it should be simple.   
      
   my win10 is restricted because of several hardware changes.   
   ".at" isn't Germany.   
      
   why test a non present Serial port, even if one exists there is no   
   indication if your code work or not.   
      
   >> screen will work after figure where the graphic RAM reside.   
   > Ok.   
      
   >>> I don't suppose you can switch the num lock key   
   >>> on or something via direct hardware manipulation?   
   >> yes of course I can. My OS is as hardware near as the CPU is :)   
   > Ok, so maybe you can do it within the space available.   
      
   you got something wrong here :)   
   I'm still in the phase of collecting information rather than gadget   
   around in the wild yet.   
      
   >>> What software are you willing to download?   
      
   I may download the latest BKDG and a new South bridge manual from AMD.   
   then I will convert all the info found in UEFI.org into a non-C format.   
   __   
   wolfgang   
      
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