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Re: Adapting GRUB to boot directly from RAM in protected mode
From: |
Uwe Hermann |
Subject: |
Re: Adapting GRUB to boot directly from RAM in protected mode |
Date: |
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:41:10 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Hi,
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 11:25:15AM -0800, Patrick Connolly wrote:
> Can anyone think of a straightforward way to modify GRUB to boot a linux
> kernel directly from RAM in protected mode?
>
> We have an embedded system with a special BIOS that places a file (any file)
> at a fixed location in RAM and executes it (in protected mode) starting at
> that same fixed location. We'd like the file to be a linux kernel (with
> boot code) and we're wondering if GRUB could be adapted to do this. We
> realize that some assembly-level modifications would be needed but we aren't
> sure how extensive those modifications might be expected to be.
You might want to have a look at LinuxBIOS, it seems like it can do what
you want: http://linuxbios.org
HTH, Uwe.
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