--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * QEMU Boot sector to launch a preloaded Linux kernel
+ * Copyright (c) 2004 Fabrice Bellard
+ */
+
+#define LOAD_SEG 0x9000
+
+.code16
+.text
+ .globl linux_boot_start
+ .globl linux_boot_end
+
+linux_boot_start:
+ cli
+ cld
+ mov $LOAD_SEG, %ax
+ mov %ax, %ds
+ mov %ax, %es
+ mov %ax, %fs
+ mov %ax, %gs
+ mov %ax, %ss
+ mov $0x8ffe, %sp
+ ljmp $LOAD_SEG + 0x20, $0
+
+1:
+ .fill 510 - (1b - linux_boot_start), 1, 0
+
+ /* boot sector signature */
+ .byte 0x55
+ .byte 0xaa
+
+linux_boot_end: