diff --git a/boot/kernel.asm b/boot/kernel.asm
index a7e7b21..908c5db 100644
--- a/boot/kernel.asm
+++ b/boot/kernel.asm
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 		cpu 8086
-		org 0x7C00
+		org 0x0700
 
 %include	"inc/bpb.asm"
 %include	"inc/mbr.asm"
 %include	"inc/fcb.asm"
 %include	"inc/dpt.asm"
 
-		; kernel stack size in words
-%define		stacksize 512
-
 init:		cli
 		xor ax, ax
 		mov ds, ax
@@ -16,9 +13,29 @@ init:		cli
 		mov ss, ax
 		mov sp, ax
 
+		mov si, 0x7C00
+		; relocate to 00700
+		mov di, text_start
+		mov cx, text_length + rodata_length + data_length
+		rep movsb
+		; clear out bss section
+		mov cx, bss_length
+		rep stosb
+		; jump to copy
+		call 0:relinit
+
+section .rodata
+
+%define V 0x %+ VERSION
+version:	dd V
+
+section .text
+
+relinit:	; print banner
+		push word [version]
+		push word [version+2]
 		call printf
-%defstr VERSIONSTR VERSION
-		db "RDOS ", VERSIONSTR, 0x0A, 0x0D, 0
+		db "RDOS ",2,2, 0x0A, 0x0D, 0
 
 		push dx
 		call dinit
@@ -26,16 +43,23 @@ init:		cli
 
 		mov word [0x21*4], int21
 		mov word [0x21*4+2], cs
-		mov word [curpsp], 0x1000
+		; set current PSP, directly after us
+		mov ax, stack
+		mov cl, 4
+		shr ax, cl
+		mov word [curpsp], ax
 
 		cmp dl, 0x80
 		jc .k
 		sub dl, (0x80-2)
 .k:		call setdd
 
-		mov dl, 0x37
 		mov ah, 2
+		mov dl, 0x37
 		int 0x21
+
+		mov dx, testfcb
+		mov ah, 0xF
 		int 0x21
 
 restart:
@@ -54,7 +78,28 @@ testfcb:	db 0
 		db "HELLO   ", "COM"
 		times 30 db 0
 
+section .text
+
+text_start	equ  $$
+text_length	equ  $-$$
+
+section .rodata
+
+rodata_start	equ  $$
+rodata_length	equ  $-$$
+
+section .data
+
+data_start	equ  $$
+data_length	equ  $-$$
+
 section .bss
 
-		alignb 2
-stack:		resb stacksize
+		resw 256 ; 512b kern stack
+		alignb 16
+stack:		; stack grows into this ^
+		; this is also the end marker
+		; programs with their psp start here
+
+bss_start	equ  $$
+bss_length	equ  $-$$