diff --git a/bios/stage-2/src/disk.rs b/bios/stage-2/src/disk.rs
index 06a2e8fa..83ee614d 100644
--- a/bios/stage-2/src/disk.rs
+++ b/bios/stage-2/src/disk.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ pub struct DiskAccess {
     pub disk_number: u16,
     pub base_offset: u64,
     pub current_offset: u64,
+
+    /// The offset of the sector read in the last call to read_exact_at.
+    pub last_read_exact_at_offset: Option<u64>,
 }
 
 impl Read for DiskAccess {
@@ -19,7 +22,15 @@ impl Read for DiskAccess {
         let buf = unsafe { &mut TMP_BUF };
         assert!(current_sector_offset + len <= buf.buffer.len());
 
-        self.read_exact_into(buf.buffer.len(), buf);
+        // Don't read the sector if we already read the same sector in the last
+        // call.
+        if self
+            .last_read_exact_at_offset
+            .is_none_or(|offset| offset != self.current_offset)
+        {
+            self.last_read_exact_at_offset = Some(self.current_offset);
+            self.read_exact_into(buf.buffer.len(), buf);
+        }
 
         &buf.buffer[current_sector_offset..][..len]
     }
diff --git a/bios/stage-2/src/main.rs b/bios/stage-2/src/main.rs
index 555b4d55..41520513 100644
--- a/bios/stage-2/src/main.rs
+++ b/bios/stage-2/src/main.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ fn start(disk_number: u16, partition_table_start: *const u8) -> ! {
         disk_number,
         base_offset: u64::from(fat_partition.logical_block_address) * 512,
         current_offset: 0,
+        last_read_exact_at_offset: None,
     };
 
     let mut fs = fat::FileSystem::parse(disk.clone());
@@ -198,10 +199,17 @@ fn try_load_file(
     let file_size = file.file_size().into();
 
     let mut total_offset = 0;
-    for cluster in fs.file_clusters(&file) {
-        let cluster = cluster.unwrap();
+    let mut file_clusters = fs.file_clusters(&file).map(Result::unwrap).peekable();
+    while let Some(cluster) = file_clusters.next() {
         let cluster_start = cluster.start_offset;
-        let cluster_end = cluster_start + u64::from(cluster.len_bytes);
+        let mut cluster_end = cluster_start + u64::from(cluster.len_bytes);
+
+        // Merge with the following clusters if they're contiguous.
+        while let Some(next_cluster) =
+            file_clusters.next_if(|next_cluster| next_cluster.start_offset == cluster_end)
+        {
+            cluster_end += u64::from(next_cluster.len_bytes);
+        }
 
         let mut offset = 0;
         loop {