Notify the small but important change in bootsect.asm.

Since checkpoint, our kernel will be larger, so the number of sectors
to read when loading it from disk has increased from 2 to 16.

Many learners are used to copying existing code. So if we don't notify
them of the change in 'bootsect.asm', they will encounter disk read
error in the later lessons.
pull/96/head
garenchan 6 years ago
parent 7aff64740e
commit 87c6042643

@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ and think on a strategy.
Take a look at the new folder structure. Most of the files have been symlinked
from previous lessons, so if we have to change them at some point, it will be
a better idea to remove the symlink and create a new file.
a better idea to remove the symlink and create a new file. Open `boot/bootsect.asm`
and note that since our kernel will be larger, the number of sectors to read when
loading it from disk has increased from `2` to `16`.
Furthermore, since from now on we will use mostly C to code, we'll take advantage of qemu's
ability to open a connection to gdb. First, let's install a cross-compiled `gdb` since

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