>On 2002-04-08 16:57:07, Brill wrote:
>Hi, i found on some information about how a computer
>starts some info on what gets copied to the DL
>register when the bios first loads the bootloader.
>The information was for telling the bootloader
>where it was loaded from.
>the values
>00h for the first floppy drive and
>80h for drive c.
>Drive c would be a ms windows thing. Are there
>any other codes i should be aware of for say a linux
>partition or can a bootloader only be loaded from
>drives a and c?
>Thanx
No, this is not the partition C on your harddisk,
it is the first EIDE driver in your computer.
Those codes represent the drives as used for int 0x13!
The Legend
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