On 02/10/2011 03:52 PM, Baisheng Wang wrote: > > Let me clarify again. > > In grub-1.98/loader/i386/linux.c, for the code lines： > > "grub_file_seek (file, real_size + GRUB_DISK_SECTOR_SIZE);" > > and > > "prot_size = grub_file_size (file) - real_size - GRUB_DISK_SECTOR_SIZE;" > > I want to know why there is another sector, I mean GRUB_DISK_SECTOR_SIZE ? > Trivial, Watson. first sector contains the part which is launched only when dd'ing to floppy, not with a propoer bootloader. Actually recent kernels just contain a stub instruction to use a bootloader > Thanks, > Baisheng > > > 2011/2/10 Baisheng Wang <baisheng.wang.cn > <http://baisheng.wang.cn>@gmail.com <http://gmail.com>> > > Dear all: > > In the file grub-1.98/loader/i386/linux.c, for the variable > prot_size, why subtract GRUB_DISK_SECTOR_SIZE ? > > Thanks & Regards, > Baisheng > > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >
-- Regards Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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