Messages in this thread | | | From | "ChristianK."@t-online.de (Christian Koenig) | Subject | Re: Again Multiboot-Standard for Linux ? | Date | Wed, 21 Nov 2001 23:41:22 +0100 |
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Hi,
> > From: "ChristianK."@t-online.de [mailto:"ChristianK."@t-online.de] > > > > Is anyone still working on making the Linux Kernel Multiboot > > compliant ? > > Was someone working on this before? It didn't seem like it.
You can find some references in the unoffical Kernel-Mailing list Archive, and there was a Patch for the 1.2.x Kernel series to make it Multiboot compliant, but I don't know what has happend to this.
> > I wan't to load my modules from grub(pxegrub) without the > > need to compile in > > ramdisk / initrd / romfs... (System memory is very low (4MB-6MB)). > > I am tentatively looking at this, but for other reasons. IIRC the initrd's > memory is recycled later on, so I don't know if tight memory is a good > reason for pursuing this.
I know that the ramdisk memory is reused, but not the memory needed for the ramdisk , and the romfs/minix,ext2... whatever filesystem code.
Beside that, this it is a very nice feature for making an Installation Disk / Distributions. AFAIK the newest RedHat distribution use grub as standard Linux Loader, if the Linux Kernel is able to load modules before mounting root, you can make a Kernel without any block/bus driver compiled in.
All i want to know is if anybody is still working on this, before i start coding myselve (I hate doing things twice).
Mfg. Christian König. PS: Sorry for my poor English.
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