Hi!
Current boot.asm (fat12/fat16) reads complete FAT into memory (for
FAT16 it may be up to 128k), then converts FAT chain to array of file
clusters. On the other side, boot32* (for each next cluster) reads only
required FAT sector (but not reread already readed sector). In ideal, when
all clusters in chain fir into one sector, this reduces reads by one sector.
I think, this will be useful, especially for floppies. Any objections?
PS: My boot.asm already reads only required root directory sectors (until
kernel name will be founded).
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