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en:docs:boot:memmap [2013/03/07 22:29] – created valeriusen:docs:boot:memmap [2013/03/12 02:09] – [After boot record] valerius
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 ^Addresses                    ^Name                              ^Description                                 ^ ^Addresses                    ^Name                              ^Description                                 ^
-|0×000000-0x09FFFF     |Conventional memory      |RAM, which can be used by user|+|0x000000-0x09FFFF     |Conventional memory      |RAM, which can be used by user|
 |0x0A0000-0x0BFFFF     |Video memory                  |RAM, used by video adapter       | |0x0A0000-0x0BFFFF     |Video memory                  |RAM, used by video adapter       |
 |0x0C0000-0x0CFFFF    |Adapter's ROM                |ROM, used by different adapters| |0x0C0000-0x0CFFFF    |Adapter's ROM                |ROM, used by different adapters|
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 ^Addresses                    ^Name                               ^Description          ^ ^Addresses                    ^Name                               ^Description          ^
-|0×000000-0x0003FF     |Interrupt Vectors              |This memory used to control Inerrupts| +|0x000000-0x0003FF     |Interrupt Vectors              |This memory used to control Inerrupts| 
-|0×000400-0x0004FF     |BIOS Data Area               |Used by ROM BIOS|+|0x000400-0x0004FF     |BIOS Data Area               |Used by ROM BIOS|
  
 === After BIOS POST === === After BIOS POST ===
  
 ^Addresses                     ^Name                               ^Description         ^ ^Addresses                     ^Name                               ^Description         ^
-|0×000000-0x0003FF      |Interrupt Vectors              |This memory used to control Inerrupts| +|0x000000-0x0003FF      |Interrupt Vectors              |This memory used to control Inerrupts| 
-|0×000400-0x0004FF     |BIOS Data Area                |Used by ROM BIOS| +|0x000400-0x0004FF     |BIOS Data Area                |Used by ROM BIOS| 
-|0×000500-0x007BFF     |Free                                   |Free, unused memory|+|0x000500-0x007BFF     |Free                                   |Free, unused memory|
 |0x007C00-0x007DFF     |MBR                                  |Master Boot Record |0x007C00-0x007DFF     |MBR                                  |Master Boot Record
 |0x007E00-0x09FFFF      |Free Conventional memory|RAM, which can be used by user| |0x007E00-0x09FFFF      |Free Conventional memory|RAM, which can be used by user|
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 ^Addresses                     ^Name                                ^Description         ^ ^Addresses                     ^Name                                ^Description         ^
-|0×000000-0x0003FF      |Interrupt Vectors               |This memory used to control Inerrupts| +|0x000000-0x0003FF      |Interrupt Vectors               |This memory used to control Inerrupts| 
-|0×000400-0x0004FF     |BIOS Data Area                 |Used by ROM BIOS| +|0x000400-0x0004FF     |BIOS Data Area                 |Used by ROM BIOS| 
-|0×000500-0x0005FF      |Free                                   |Free, unused memory| +|0x000500-0x0005FF      |Free                                   |Free, unused memory| 
-|0×000600-0x0007FF      |MBR                                   |Master Boot Record| +|0x000600-0x0007FF      |MBR                                   |Master Boot Record| 
-|0×000800-0x007BFF      |Free                                   |Free, unused memory|+|0x000800-0x007BFF      |Free                                   |Free, unused memory|
 |0x007C00-0x007DFF     |Boot record                        |Boot Record loaded from boot sector of active partition| |0x007C00-0x007DFF     |Boot record                        |Boot Record loaded from boot sector of active partition|
 |0x007E00-0x007FFF      |MBR Work area                  |This area was used as MBR work area| |0x007E00-0x007FFF      |MBR Work area                  |This area was used as MBR work area|
-|0×008000-0x09FFFF      |Free Conventional memory|RAM, which can be used by user|+|0x008000-0x09FFFF      |Free Conventional memory|RAM, which can be used by user|
 |0x0A0000-0x0BFFFF      |Video memory                    |RAM, used by video adapter| |0x0A0000-0x0BFFFF      |Video memory                    |RAM, used by video adapter|
 |0x0C0000-0x0CFFFF     |Adapter's ROM                  |ROM, used by different adapters| |0x0C0000-0x0CFFFF     |Adapter's ROM                  |ROM, used by different adapters|
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 ^Addresses                     ^Name                                 ^Description                    ^ ^Addresses                     ^Name                                 ^Description                    ^
-|0×000000-0x0003FF      |Interrupt Vectors                |This memory used to control Inerrupts| +|0x000000-0x0003FF      |Interrupt Vectors                |This memory used to control Inerrupts| 
-|0×000400-0x0004FF      |BIOS Data Area                 |Used by ROM BIOS| +|0x000400-0x0004FF      |BIOS Data Area                 |Used by ROM BIOS| 
-|0×000500-0x0005FF      |Free                                    |Free, unused memory| +|0x000500-0x0005FF      |Free                                    |Free, unused memory| 
-|0×000600-0x0007FF      |MBR                                    |Master Boot Record| +|0x000600-0x0007FF      |MBR                                    |Master Boot Record| 
-|0×000800-0x007BFF      |Free                                    |Free, unused memory|+|0x000800-0x007BFF      |Free                                    |Free, unused memory|
 |0x007C00-0x007DFF     |Boot record                         |Boot Record loaded from boot sector of active partition| |0x007C00-0x007DFF     |Boot record                         |Boot Record loaded from boot sector of active partition|
 |0x007E00-0x007FFF      |Boot record Work area       |This area was used as Boot Record work area| |0x007E00-0x007FFF      |Boot record Work area       |This area was used as Boot Record work area|
-|0×008000-(MuFSDStart-1) |Free                                |Free, unused memory|+|0x008000-(MuFSDStart-1) |Free                                |Free, unused memory|
 |MuFSDStart-MuFSDEnd     |MicroFSD                        |MicroFSD/BlackBox code| |MuFSDStart-MuFSDEnd     |MicroFSD                        |MicroFSD/BlackBox code|
 |(MuFSDEnd+1)-0x09FFFF  |Free Conventional memory |RAM, which can be used by user| |(MuFSDEnd+1)-0x09FFFF  |Free Conventional memory |RAM, which can be used by user|
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 |0x0E0000-0x0FFFFF        |BIOS                                 |PC BIOS ROM| |0x0E0000-0x0FFFFF        |BIOS                                 |PC BIOS ROM|
  
-MuFSDStart=0×008000 or 0×090000. Now we use 0×090000 as LILO does but have a plan to use 0×008000 for more compact memory reuse and less possibility of overlapping.+MuFSDStart=0x008000 or 0x090000. Now we use 0x090000 as LILO does but have a plan to use 0x008000 for more compact memory reuse and less possibility of overlapping.
  
-MuFSDEnd is (0×008000+MicroFSD_file_length-1)+MuFSDEnd is (0x008000+MicroFSD_file_length-1)
  
 ==== After MicroFSD/BlackBox ==== ==== After MicroFSD/BlackBox ====
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 === Discussion === === Discussion ===
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