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> 
> Minor issue with bootsect.s.

1. bootsect.S is the source file

> The single instance of the lds assembly instruction includes the comment of
> !  ds:si is source
> ...
> seg fs
> lds  si,(bx)        !     ds:si is source
> ...
> Is this comment not in reverse order (i.e should be lds
> dest,src)................

2. This is not a comment of i386 mnemonics. This comments the role of
   specific register in the following instructions.

BTW, linux-kernel readers: anybody is a volunteer for making the kernel size
counter 32-bit here? This would enable using the simple bootloader for
greater kernel loading...  (current limit is sligtly below 1MB)
Possibly some 16/32-bit real mode code mixing would be necessary.

Andrzej