Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: For comment: draft BIOS use document for the kernel | Date | Fri, 22 Jun 2001 22:42:55 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Then how does 1.44 megabytes of data from a floppy disk (that won't > fit below 1 megabyte), that is accessed in real-mode, ever get to > above 1 megabyte where it can be decompressed?
The limit is about 508K of compressed image with the floppy boot.
> I think LILO copies each buffer read from a below 1 Megabyte buffer > (which is the only place the floppy can put its data via the BIOS), > to above 1 megabyte using the BIOS block-move function.
I can't speak for LILO. I've not tried to document LILO, rather I've tried to document the kernel. Possibly someone should add LILO documentation to this.
Alan
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