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   mutazilah@gmail.com to James Harris   
   Re: Booting from FAT16   
   19 Dec 21 16:49:13   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, December 20, 2021 at 9:43:46 AM UTC+11, James Harris wrote:   
      
   > That's the plan. What do you think of it? Any better ideas? Suggestions   
   > welcome.   
      
   I don't know if there is enough space in a boot sector   
   to do what you want. Also I think it is better to support   
   CHS which uses up some space.   
      
   I have a FAT-12/16 boot sector you can take code from   
   if you want it. It's public domain so there is no restriction   
   on what you use it for, no matter what license you choose.   
      
   However, there appears to be a bug in it when used on a   
   disk with the root sector starting on a non-multiple of   
   track length.   
      
   It's available here:   
      
   https://sourceforge.net/p/pdos/gitcode/ci/master/tree/src/pbootsec.asm   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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