Re: Comments wanted: Linux/i386 boot protocol doc

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Mon, 17 Jul 2000 08:41:36 -0700

David Woodhouse wrote:
>
> hpa@transmeta.com said:
> > ... assuming GRUB boots from whatever you want to boot from. This is
> > exactly why relying on ad hoc device drivers in the boot loader
> > doesn't really solve the problem.
>
> In general, I agree. In this case, however, we are able to load Grub into
> the DiskOnChip in place of their horrible firmware.
>

Right. In this particular case, it's probably a good thing... however,
this was looking more at the general problem and how to fix it. The
2.02 boot protocol should support booting *cleanly* with a very large
EBDA.

-hpa

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