From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 18 May 2001 02:15:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 18 May 2001 02:15:25 -0400 Received: from neon-gw.transmeta.com ([209.10.217.66]:2576 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 18 May 2001 02:15:11 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: Linux OS boilerplate Date: 17 May 2001 23:14:53 -0700 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: <9e2ekt$3ua$1@cesium.transmeta.com> In-Reply-To: <3A902F77.8BF6AB52@teleport.com> <3A90E16D.DB868F2@yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2001 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: <3A90E16D.DB868F2@yahoo.com> By author: Paul Gortmaker In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > Does there exist an outline (detailed or not) of the boot process from > > the point of BIOS bootsector load to when the kernel proper begins > > IIRC, there is some useful info contained within loadlin. Also, I > found a doc by hpa called "THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL" in my local > archive of cruft - I just assumed it was in Documentation/ but > apparently it never made it there (yet). > Documentation/i386/boot.txt -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt