BIOS 0x7c00 is the memory address which BIOS loads MBR(Master Boot Record, a first sector in hdd/fdd) into. bootsect.s 1) move 256 words from 0x7c00 to 0x9c000 2) read setup (4 sectors) from hdd/fdd (sector 2~5) to memory start at 0x90200 3) read system from hdd/fdd to memory at start at 0x10000 4) jump to setup routine setup.s 5) move 0x80000 Byte from memory 0x10000 to 0x0 6) load idt 7) load gdt 8)