From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758684AbZAMMfv (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:35:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755739AbZAMMfn (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:35:43 -0500 Received: from proxy3.bredband.net ([195.54.101.73]:50041 "EHLO proxy3.bredband.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755080AbZAMMfm (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:35:42 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvoXAIMZbEnVcsfHPGdsb2JhbAAIiQuKfAEBAQE1AbtjhW8 Message-ID: <496C8A98.90309@sundmangroup.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:35:36 +0100 From: Matias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: LKML Subject: Intel x86 Dual Core & Linux AMP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, Is there a way to boot a normal standard home x86 dual core PC with two different Linux Kernels without a hypervisor? The idea is of course to give the Kernels their own address space and their own rootfile systems, the devices would be unique for each kernel etc. Can this be done with a standard BIOS and GRUB/LILO? Cheers // Matias