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| author | Michal Soltys <soltys@ziu.info> | 2011-05-10 13:45:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Michal Soltys <soltys@ziu.info> | 2011-05-10 13:54:10 +0200 |
| commit | e90afd56575c79460a6ca0dda100a8f5bf0a564a (patch) | |
| tree | 0250c76675ae33a9eb83d317591a5505446b5314 | |
| parent | fabff8a517d0d55b0b1434e3c915849b7407d445 (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-e90afd56575c79460a6ca0dda100a8f5bf0a564a.tar.gz | |
com32/chain: minor doc fix
Signed-off-by: Michal Soltys <soltys@ziu.info>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/chain.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/chain.txt b/doc/chain.txt index f7826d44..68238a0d 100644 --- a/doc/chain.txt +++ b/doc/chain.txt @@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ options 'sect=' and 'seg='), the file will cause sector to not be loaded at all seg=<segment>:<offset>:<ip> *seg=0:0x7c00:0x7c00 -This triplet lets you alter the addresses a file will use. Loading is done to -<segment:offset>, jumping to <segment:ip>. When you chainload some other -bootloader or kernel, it's almost always mandatory. +This triplet lets you alter the addresses a file will use. It's loaded at +<segment:offset>, the entry point is at <segment:ip>. When you chainload some +other bootloader or kernel, it's almost always mandatory. The defaults, if option is not specified, are 0:0x7c00:0x7c00 If any of the fields are ommited (e.g. 0x2000::), they default to 0. @@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ If any of the fields are ommited (e.g. 0x2000::), they default to 0. *sect=0:0x7c00:0x7c00 nosect sets: nomaps -This triplet lets you alter the addresses a sector will use. File is loaded at -<segment:offset>, the jump is made to <segment:ip>. This option is mostly used -in tandem with 'file=' and 'seg=' options, as some loaders/kernels will expect -relocated sector at some particular address (e.g. DRKM). +This triplet lets you alter the addresses a sector will use. It's loaded at +<segment:offset>, the entry point is at <segment:ip>. This option is mostly +used in tandem with 'file=' and 'seg=' options, as some loaders/kernels will +expect relocated sector at some particular address (e.g. DRKM). 'nosect' will cause sector to not be loaded at all. In plenty cases, when a file is being chainloaded, sector is not necessary. |