SeaBIOS won't work with SimNOW unless you make the error checking in ata.c less strict.
This is the message you get: ata_transfer : no sectors left (status 00000008)
I reported it to the SimNOW team since it seems like they're not following the spec, but it's been a long time and the bug is still there. To get past it: dprintf(6, "ata_transfer : no sectors left (status %02x)\n", status); + if (status != 0x8) return -7;
Thanks, Myles