Fixed typo about boot signature and sectors 511 and 512

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How to Make a Computer Operating System in C++

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Fixed typo about boot signature and sectors 511 and 512 #52

Closed frkd-dev closed 10 years ago

frkd-dev commented 10 years ago

Statement "signature bytes 0x55 and 0xAA at sectors 511 and 512 respectively." isn't correct. There should be "offsets" instead of "sectors", because signature belongs only to first (mbr) sector, not to 511th and 512th sectors.

SamyPesse commented 10 years ago

Thanks :+1: :heart:

frkd-dev commented 10 years ago

Please don't stop with this book. :wink: