Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: devfs patch v3 | Date | Mon, 12 Jan 1998 15:36:51 +0100 (MET) | From | (Erik Corry) |
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In article <k2soqtyhzs.fsf@zero.aec.at> you wrote: > "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com> writes: > > > > True. I was considering writing a boot loader that would read ext2. > > The main problem is that it really begs for being a second-stage > > loader, so it can be in protected mode. Unfortunately, thats a > > mini-OS all in itself, i.e. not exactly a weekend project (the first > > version of syslinux I wrote in a night.)
> Doesn't GRUB do this nowadays? (and it certainly is a mini OS)
The bootloader that comes with Unifix Linux www.unifix.de understands ext2, which is great. It also is full-screen and has a simple file browser if you've forgotten what you called your kernel.
-- Erik Corry erik@arbat.com
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