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		jhallenworld on Oct 24, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: X86 boot sector written in C (2010) Why read only three sectors when you can read the whole OS into memory. Take a look at these: https://github.com/jhallen/joes-sandbox/tree/master/boot They're assembly language MBR and Linux boot loaders I wrote long ago. The bootloaders understand EXT2 or FAT, yet still fit in 1K.

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