>> a security consideration, as far as I can see the bootloader loads using INT >> 13h calls. How can the kernel be sure it is really operating in ring 0 and not >> in some VM given that this is the case?
>Hey, it looks like you are just trying to be a dick. On the assumption that you are not suggesting I would like to change my name to Richard I can only reply that I have never tried to stick my head into a warm and wet but very smelly hole for pleasure and/or to attempt to reproduce with it. >Does your mother know? Given that she is deceased I find that highly unlikely. However, insults reminiscent of primary school days aside, you may or may not be surprised to find that actually that was a genuine question.