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. -- http://www.hermann-uwe.de | http://www.holsham-traders.de http://www.crazy-hacks.org | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org
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