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From: "Patrick Connolly" <pjc999@gmail.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Adapting GRUB to boot directly from RAM in protected mode
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:25:15 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ef4cc8c10702081125g72b0a681k347e1f2a2d33186a@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

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Can anyone think of a straightforward way to modify GRUB to boot a linux
kernel directly from RAM in protected mode?

We have an embedded system with a special BIOS that places a file (any file)
at a fixed location in RAM and executes it (in protected mode) starting at
that same fixed location.  We'd like the file to be a linux kernel (with
boot code) and we're wondering if GRUB could be adapted to do this.  We
realize that some assembly-level modifications would be needed but we aren't
sure how extensive those modifications might be expected to be.

Patrick

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             reply	other threads:[~2007-02-08 19:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-08 19:25 Patrick Connolly [this message]
2007-02-13  3:08 ` Adapting GRUB to boot directly from RAM in protected mode Hollis Blanchard
2007-02-13 19:41 ` Uwe Hermann
2007-02-14 22:37   ` Patrick Connolly

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