Re: booting/raw bios code?

• To: "ryan.tecco" <rtecco@umich.edu>
• Subject: Re: booting/raw bios code?
• From: Leigh Stoller <stoller@fast.cs.utah.edu>
• Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 07:18:09 -0800 (PST)
• Cc: oskit-users@fast.cs.utah.edu
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> From: "ryan.tecco" <rtecco@umich.edu>
> Subject: booting/raw bios code?
> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 03:05:27 -0500 (EST)
> 
> 	is there currently any way to boot an oskit kernel directly from
> the boot sector - instead of through a multi-boot boot loader?
> 	
> 	also, is the source for raw bios startup currently in CVS? is
> there any way i could get a hold of it if it's not?

You might want to download the latest Oskit snapshot from the web page.
The 'Labor Day' release includes PXE boot support on boot/pxe, which might
be the closest to the information you are looking for. Its startup
procedure is "similar" to what you would need to do if invoked from the
MBR.

	http://www.cs.utah.edu/flux/oskit/software.html
or
	cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@fluxcvs.cs.utah.edu:/cvs checkout oskit

Lbs

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Leigh B. Stoller
University of Utah - Flux Research Group
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~stoller
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