Re: Q: Linux rebooting directly into linux.

Erik Andersen
2000-11-14T08:37:51Z

On Thu Nov 09, 2000 at 01:18:24AM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> I have recently developed a patch that allows linux to directly boot
> into another linux kernel.

Looks very cool. I'm curious about your decision to use ELF images. This
makes it much less conveinient to use due to the kernel postprocessing, and
makes it that the kernel binary from which you initially boot is not
necessirily the same as the binary that you re-boot into.

Wouldn't it be more reasonable to simply try to exec whatever file is provided?
If the concern is initrds; they can be simply pasted into the kernel binary.

-Erik

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