Messages in this thread | | | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: Some Doubts About bootsect.S & Setup.S | Date | Sun, 9 Feb 2003 13:07:06 +0000 (GMT) |
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> 1) > sread: .word 0 # sectors read of current track > head: .word 0 # current head > track: .word 0 # current track > > Since a diskette can have at most 2 heads, 80 tracks and 36 sectors per > track, why are these not bytes instead of words especially since space is at > such a tight premium in this code?
See:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=104250711526623&w=2
> Someone(H. Peter Anvin) tell me that these codes was old and broken, and was > getting nuked in 2.5.
The in-kernel bootloader will almost certainly not be in 2.6.
Personally, I think it would be good to replace it with some kind of monitor, but I don't think anybody else would agree with me :-)
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