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Add a note that only bootloader v0.9 is compatible

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@@ -406,6 +406,8 @@ Instead of writing our own bootloader, which is a project on its own, we use the
bootloader = "0.9" bootloader = "0.9"
``` ```
**Note:** This post is only compatible with `bootloader v0.9`. Newer versions use a different build system and will result in build errors when following this post.
Adding the bootloader as a dependency is not enough to actually create a bootable disk image. The problem is that we need to link our kernel with the bootloader after compilation, but cargo has no support for [post-build scripts]. Adding the bootloader as a dependency is not enough to actually create a bootable disk image. The problem is that we need to link our kernel with the bootloader after compilation, but cargo has no support for [post-build scripts].
[post-build scripts]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/545 [post-build scripts]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/545