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> > A perhaps silly question :
> > Would it be possible to boot a grub elf-image instead of a kernel ???
> > So that you can boot anything you want : linux kernel, l4 kernel, etc...
> > Eventually with network booting support...
> >
> > What dou you think of this stupid idea ?
>
Not stupid at all- in fact we want to get to that point here at UMD.
> Assuming it doesn't use any BIOS calls I don't have any problem.
> The only thing I do have a problem with is the parameter format that
> GRUB uses. It isn't extensible. It isn't hard to autodetect the
> format and do the appropriat thing though.
>
Grub uses a boatload of BIOS calls unfortunately.
Bill