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2017-06-09tried to probe disk geometry with mixed success (emulated FDD modeAndreas Baumann
on USB not working). Code in stage1 gets too complex to fit 512 bytes, so we most likely must load stage2 with a simple algorithm (maybe 8 sectors every bios 13h/2h function is able to deliver). Then we load the kernel in a second, more complex loading step
2017-06-09fixed stage 1 boot loader problems (worked in some BIOSes acrossAndreas Baumann
the 2 times sector/track limit). loading sectors one by one now fixed also spin down problem after loading stage 2 and the kernel for now tested with 1.44 MB floppies (both real and in bochs/qemu)