Messages in this thread | | | From | Nick Warne <> | Subject | Re: mabye simple,but i confused | Date | Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:53:19 +0100 |
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guorke wrote:
> Thanks,I must read it carefully > > On 6/16/05, Richard B. Johnson <linux-os@analogic.com> wrote: >> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, guorke wrote: >> >> > in understangding the linux kernel, the authors says >> > "..Moves itself from address 0x00007c00 to address 0x00090000.." >> > >> > What i confused is why the Boot Loader do this, i asked google,but >> > still no answe. >> > who can make me understand it ? >> > Thanks. >> >> The IBM 'IPL' (initial program load) address was specified to be >> at 7c00. There was room here for only one "sector", which in the >> early days was 512 bytes....
There is more in Documentation/i386/boot.txt on this subject.
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