Hi Jordan, first of all, thank you for your prompt response.
Now, regarding > For the second task I would recommend making the kernel that you are > trying to load multiboot compliant and loading it with the "multiboot" > command it's something I don't have any knob so I'm forced to load it at 0x8000, jump to its entry point at 0x8030 and then letting it do the rest (what includes/needs access to the FAT filesystem). Could I somehow do? Rolando. On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Jordan Uggla <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Rolando J. Zappacosta > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I wondering if it would be possible to use grub to set the a FAT >> partition as the active one, load a file from it into a specific >> memory location and finally launch part of the loaded from a given >> entry point. >> >> The code will then access the FAT filesystem to load some other files it >> needs. >> >> Is this possible? Any hints on how? >> > > Yes this is possible. For the first task you can use the parttool > command, like "parttool (hd0,1) boot+". Though you should understand > that this just sets a flag in the partition table, nothing more. For > the second task I would recommend making the kernel that you are > trying to load multiboot compliant and loading it with the "multiboot" > command: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/multiboot/multiboot.html > > -- > Jordan Uggla (Jordan_U on irc.freenode.net) > _______________________________________________ Help-grub mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-grub
