From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261452AbVFTSx4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:53:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261457AbVFTSxz (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:53:55 -0400 Received: from mail.linicks.net ([217.204.244.146]:33034 "EHLO linux233.linicks.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261456AbVFTSxh (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:53:37 -0400 From: Nick Warne To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, guorke Subject: Re: mabye simple,but i confused Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:53:19 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200506201953.19827.nick@linicks.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org guorke wrote: > Thanks,I must read it carefully > > On 6/16/05, Richard B. Johnson 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 -- "When you're chewing on life's gristle, Don't grumble, Give a whistle..."