I wrote:
> It seems to me that any existing netbootable image should work,
> although I don't know whether GRUB itself or the boot code in the
> image needs to replace the int 13H handler. But there must be some
> way of doing this. Would it mean adding an extra 'kernel' format
> to GRUB to allow it to load a bootable floppy image?
On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 02:53:15PM +0900, OKUJI Yoshinori wrote:
> No. Instead, you should add a command (e.g. "nbi") to load Network
> Boot Images. I don't think that would be difficult, because you just
> need to load a NBI to upper memory, analyze the header, relocate the
> image, and chainload the bootstrap code. That is very similar to what
> the command chainloader does.
I'll try this and see if I can get it to work. Loading and chainloading
should not be a problem, but what exactly do you mean by 'analyse the
header'? And is it really necessary to relocate the image? Booting
I understand, generally, but not network booting.
-- Owen
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