Le Sun, 06 Apr 2003 21:14:53 +0200
Christian Hattemer a ecrit :
> Hello Quentin,
> 
> On 06-Apr-03, you wrote:
> 
> >> I don't think it can. When =0x53c398 is printed, the kernel should
> >> already be loaded, and the bootblocks should be trying to decompress
> >it,> or call the entry point (I don't know if decompression is done on
> >the> fly, or after read)
> 
> > I had the issue once. There's no checksum, so if there is an erroneous
> > read not reported, the kernel can not boot. I changed the disk, and it
> > worked.
> 
> So the =0x53c398 is not a checksum? What is is then?

It seems it's the size of the kernel once loaded in memory.

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Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net
"Feels like I'm fiddling while Rome is burning down.
Should I lay my fiddle down and take a rifle from the ground ?"
Leigh Nash/Sixpence None The Richer, Paralyzed, Divine Discontents, 2002.