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How to Make a Computer Operating System in C++
https://samypesse.gitbook.io/how-to-create-an-operating-system
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Magic Bytes Explanation #56

Closed mandliya closed 10 years ago

mandliya commented 10 years ago

Proposing a little more explanation of the signature (magic bytes) of MBR, and its representation's purpose in binary. It will help reader understand more that why values 0x55 and 0xAA are used for checking validity of boot loader.

pczarn commented 10 years ago

a typo: s/patter/pattern/

:+1:

SamyPesse commented 10 years ago

Thanks @mandliya :+1:

Can you just fix the typo s/patter/pattern/ and I'll merge it, thanks @pczarn

mandliya commented 10 years ago

Hello @SamyPesse and @pczarn,

Fixed the typo. I really love this project. Being a computer science student, I am learning so much.

Thanks Again.

SamyPesse commented 10 years ago

Thanks :heart: