In the hexdump below, you'll see that our file contains the string, "Loading stage2" at offset 0103h - 0110h.
/home/starman # hexdump -C stage2_1s.bin 00000000 52 56 be 03 81 e8 28 01 5e bf f8 81 66 8b 2d 83 |RV....(.^...f.-.| 00000010 7d 04 00 0f 84 ca 00 80 7c ff 00 74 3e 66 8b 1d |}.......|..t>f..| 00000020 66 31 c0 b0 7f 39 45 04 7f 03 8b 45 04 29 45 04 |f1...9E....E.)E.| 00000030 66 01 05 c7 04 10 00 89 44 02 66 89 5c 08 c7 44 |f.......D.f.\..D| 00000040 06 00 70 50 66 31 c0 89 44 04 66 89 44 0c b4 42 |..pPf1..D.f.D..B| 00000050 cd 13 0f 82 9f 00 bb 00 70 eb 56 66 8b 05 66 31 |........p.Vf..f1| 00000060 d2 66 f7 34 88 54 0a 66 31 d2 66 f7 74 04 88 54 |.f.4.T.f1.f.t..T| 00000070 0b 89 44 0c 3b 44 08 7d 74 8b 04 2a 44 0a 39 45 |..D.;D.}t..*D.9E| 00000080 04 7f 03 8b 45 04 29 45 04 66 01 05 8a 54 0d c0 |....E.)E.f...T..| 00000090 e2 06 8a 4c 0a fe c1 08 d1 8a 6c 0c 5a 52 8a 74 |...L......l.ZR.t| 000000a0 0b 50 bb 00 70 8e c3 31 db b4 02 cd 13 72 46 8c |.P..p..1.....rF.| 000000b0 c3 8e 45 06 58 c1 e0 05 01 45 06 60 1e c1 e0 04 |..E.X....E.`....| 000000c0 89 c1 31 ff 31 f6 8e db fc f3 a4 1f be 12 81 e8 |..1.1...........| 000000d0 5e 00 61 83 7d 04 00 0f 85 3c ff 83 ef 08 e9 2e |^.a.}....<......| 000000e0 ff be 14 81 e8 49 00 5a ea 00 82 00 00 be 17 81 |.....I.Z........| 000000f0 e8 3d 00 eb 06 be 1c 81 e8 35 00 be 21 81 e8 2f |.=.......5..!../| 00000100 00 eb fe 4c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 73 74 61 67 65 |...Loading stage| 00000110 32 00 2e 00 0d 0a 00 47 65 6f 6d 00 52 65 61 64 |2......Geom.Read| 00000120 00 20 45 72 72 6f 72 00 bb 01 00 b4 0e cd 10 46 |. Error........F| 00000130 8a 04 3c 00 75 f2 c3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |..<.u...........| 00000140 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| * 000001f0 4f 43 93 01 eb 00 00 0b 36 43 93 01 17 00 20 08 |OC......6C.... .| 00000200 |
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