Re: Kernels > 1M
Hans-Joachim Baader (hans@grumbeer.inka.de)
Mon, 23 Aug 99 08:58 MET DST
In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.9908221743040.32712-100000@shiftq.linux.com> you write:
>On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>Seems booting an uncompressed kernel directly from the FS would be the
>sensible way to go...especially if this loader manages to get around
>the 1024-cylinder BIOS limit. Every commercial UNIX i have worked with
>has done this....I fail to see how we'd be creating an incompatible
>format? Please elaborate =)
If you want this, write a mini-kernel that can be booted by LILO or
whatever other boot loader, switches to protected mode and then
loads vmlinux. The only new code in this approach would be a method
to find vmlinux on the boot media.
hjb
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