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A Look At Bootstrapping

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the low-level-fun-and-games dept.

markmcb writes "OmniNerd posted an interesting article on the often-overlooked process of bootstrapping. The author does a nice job of showing how to take an x86 system from BIOS to OS once it's powered on. A complete set of commented code is provided and explained in the article."

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  1. Takes me back to my youth... by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I modified the boot sector of some floppy disks and spread them around at work. If you tried to boot them, you'd see the following message:

    You can't boot this floppy. Pull the floppy out of the drive and your head out of your ass and try again

    --
    "Eve of Destruction", it's not just for old hippies anymore...
  2. Woohoo! by Deliveranc3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Slashdot has an Article JUST FOR ME!