bootsect.S Code Relocation

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Hi There,
 
Can anyone tell me why do we need to relocate the boot sector code from 0x7c00 to 0x90000 ?
I've seen several answers about this but none really satisfied me.
Do we need it so we wouldn't step on the BIOS memory areas ? If so, why cant we just "be carefull" while running bootsect.S and setup.S, the kernel code is any way loaded far from the BIOS memory area.

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Respectfully yours,

Doron Bleiberg
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Mobile: +972-54-7916711
E-Mail: kernel.doron@xxxxxxxxx
 

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