More bootloader stuff

I think I found a part of nand flash that wince bootloader loads to ram. This part is nk.exe, and it starts at 0x45400, whole wince partition starts at 0x44000. Bootloader loads some chunk (~1mb) at 0x80000000 (virtual address) and then jumps to 0x80000000. But that's only theory, need some practice now :)

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