--- mbr-1.1.1/mbr.S86	Mon Jan 10 15:06:50 2000
+++ mbr-tom/mbr.S86	Thu Feb  3 10:25:56 2000
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 !    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 !    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 !
+#define LOGO
 #undef COMPAT
 !
 ! We are loaded at 0:0x7c00 by the BIOS, but need to load boot sectors
@@ -40,7 +41,27 @@
 	mov si,#table+0x30 ! Set bootable flags from partition table
 	mov al,#8 ! AH=0 is set from above
 	jmp 0:cont ! Switch to the newly made copy. From now on labels work.
-cont:	cmpb drive,#0xFF ! If drive==0xFF, use the value in DL instead.
+cont:	
+#ifdef LOGO
+	! Code to print the word "MBR" at boot time, to let people
+	! know that we are here. - Tom Rothamel <tom-10990@onegeek.org>
+	! Inspired by a discussion on debian-devel.
+logolen	equ 4 	! The length of the logo string.
+
+	pusha
+	mov ah,#0xe
+	mov si,#logo
+	xor bx,bx
+	mov cx,#logolen
+logol:
+	mov al,[si]
+	int 0x10
+	inc si
+	loop logol
+	popa
+#endif
+		
+	cmpb drive,#0xFF ! If drive==0xFF, use the value in DL instead.
 	jne ptloop
 	mov drive,dl ! Now DL is free for use
 ptloop:	cmpb [si],#0 ! Check for bootable flag
@@ -199,6 +220,9 @@
 lbit:	cmp 0x7dfe,#0xaa55
 	jnz il3
 	jmp 0:0x7c00
+#ifdef LOGO
+logo:	.ascii "MBR\r"
+#endif
 request:.byte 0x10, 0, 1, 0
 	.word 0x7c00, 0
 	.word 0, 0, 0, 0