From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MwFfO-0004o0-Lk for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:37:54 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MwFfM-0004nZ-Ve for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:37:53 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MwFfH-0004mv-Eb for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:37:51 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47591 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MwFfH-0004mq-9N for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:37:47 -0400 Received: from web37104.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([209.191.85.106]:36864) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MwFfG-00009S-TJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:37:47 -0400 Received: (qmail 95363 invoked by uid 60001); 9 Oct 2009 13:37:46 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1255095465; bh=lVrWr5ES40oSNd9cIUbahkydYgFL03RIrJxzMzvVAHE=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=cpXZpz2lW3nRa4S3T4DVHgumITMAgrgU6mdHLHo2SH85yNS3H3luSRYfIJ7adJZGSrkJf/qx6bc8CK8eiMo0mhFxbWzQdt/cMr9auYbbMg6w0ibvzpKw3pVth2UTAMPXAnjQLLwuKwGkeacdymk2SY3bkmh77fHY5u2g+a/pzVE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=OQ0jWebaRIe7ZKDljEnM7Bu9s75BcPE3vDYUZJf+xtDLeoDhM7UKrbyT2UTr0ny+BUjZG3upS2iLJbFdosEhOsBdz97LV8n1129HUfW8uPs937g6eV4E1I2iweVHu8d99bz3t8jp6y4YVkgg8W6gqqEGuqsQZa4DIpeoAFArMk4=; Message-ID: <970783.94976.qm@web37104.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: AjcqBWwVM1l80Reivk67Xrv.YTq18L7ZjkKUCYQSbj.4NW61RcgllYYkCunxG_17aeBQQ0xwlDDPmDosNu6FjJI8QMN2fmdSok8olFHA7rtCaASFO.QOkk8rrfkofCY0U7vOuoy253O7iksu3iEoVeHocaZJGFF66VCuyQoaXnSsRwlxvp2axIhCPtXiAqb5PMITCZmiFxuPLVOV_wEg8d1aby0vkUlHcCyVU4mUrO_qz.4F3DW74kmluNfL0VbvjvAeLD5lCjyw38ExE0mTUzXIAJhYNmr2.KE.mkZ2zKCecPdq_QlXhvl_gYnCnTaUlzx7qDUMYcRKtgTgu6HbVhsBmESrZSfIXk9UKuQ- Received: from [89.120.221.106] by web37104.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:37:45 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/182.10 YahooMailWebService/0.7.347.3 References: Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 06:37:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Bogdan To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) Subject: Re: 16-bit bootloader support? X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:37:53 -0000 Well yes, that's exactly what this discussion was about, wasn't it? :) Cheers, Bogdan ----- Original Message ---- From: James Courtier-Dutton To: The development of GRUB 2 Sent: Fri, October 9, 2009 4:06:45 PM Subject: Re: 16-bit bootloader support? 2009/10/7 Gabe Black : > > So I have a real-time OS named Pharlap that has a 16-bit bootloader that > ends up switching to 32-bit protected mode and loads the OS. I think it > relies on the first sector of the partition being loaded and execution > simply started - but in real-mode. > > Is there any way to have grub do this (legacy or grub2)? I tried > chainloading, but I think that may be loading it in 32-bit mode. Any > pointers on what code I would have to modify to create that option for grub? > > Any help is appreciated. > I don't think grub can work on any CPU below a 80386. It probably will no work on 8086, 80186 and 80286. _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel