Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: For comment: draft BIOS use document for the kernel | Date | Fri, 22 Jun 2001 18:50:40 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> I could not find any reference to BIOS int 0x15, function 0x87, block- > move, used to copy the kernel to above the 1 megabyte real-mode > boundary. I think this is still used.
I dont think the kernel has ever used it. The path has always been to enter 32bit mode then relocate/uncompress the kernel, then run it
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