From: SevenBits <sevenbitstech@gmail.com>
To: The development of GNU GRUB <grub-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to exit from linux kernel and return to then grub?
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 13:16:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5378EAEC.8050605@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAD=SU=eAHbJ5LP9N7i8PmhYp-PZkkoEr5L1MfPsj2gJNLViwkA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 05/18/2014 01:33 AM, Z C wrote:
> If I boot into a linux kernel using a grub command like "linux
> /vmlinuz; inirtd /initrd; boot", how do I shutdown linux itself
> (but do not power off or reboot the computer hardware) and return
> back to the grub directly?
You can't.
>
> What I meant is something equivalent to the "exit" command in most
> shells: If you are within one shell and you enter another shell,
> then if you want to quit the second shell and return back to the
> first shell, just simply type exit. All env variables and commands
> you previous typed in the first shell are completely intact.
>
> Suppose I am now in the grub shell, and then I boot into a tiny
> linux kernel, say, a busybox shell, then what can I do to exit the
> second shell (i.e. busybox shell) and return to the first shell
> (i.e. grub shell)? Of course I can enter the grub shell again by
> simply rebooting the hardware, but this is not what I want.
When Linux boots, the kernel takes over the management of the computer
completely. The boot loader is not preserved in memory. Why would it
be? The function of the boot loader really is to just boot up the
computer and then get the heck out.
There are many, many obstacles to implementing something like this.
Not to mention the fact that in order to return to GRUB, you would
need to set the processor to return from protected mode into real
mode. All modern processors can do from real mode to protected mode
(which you must do to enabled 32 bit processing).
So, no. It isn't possible.
>
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-18 17:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-18 5:33 How to exit from linux kernel and return to then grub? Z C
2014-05-18 14:43 ` Lennart Sorensen
2014-05-18 17:16 ` SevenBits [this message]
2014-05-18 17:46 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2014-05-18 17:52 ` SevenBits
2014-05-18 17:23 ` SevenBits
2014-05-18 17:59 ` Chris Jones
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