From: Nick Warne <nick@linicks.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, guorke <gourke@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: mabye simple,but i confused
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:53:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200506201953.19827.nick@linicks.net> (raw)
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.
Nick
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-06-20 18:53 Nick Warne [this message]
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2005-06-16 5:25 mabye simple,but i confused guorke
2005-06-16 7:54 ` DervishD
2005-06-16 8:55 ` guorke
2005-06-16 12:31 ` Richard B. Johnson
2005-06-20 1:55 ` guorke
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