> Does there exist an outline (detailed or not) of the boot process from
> the point of BIOS bootsector load to when the kernel proper begins
> execution? If not would anyone be willing to help me understand
> bootsect.S and setup.S enough so that I might write such an outline?
It might be a little fundamental but there is *a* boot loading process
documented here: http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/~cs460/
Look over all the lecture notes and lab assignments up to the booter lab.
I'd offer up my own explanation, but I'm just starting to learn this
stuff.
-karl
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