Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 09:25:15 -0700 (MST) From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov> To: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: switching to real mode Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0112060924220.17486-100000@snaresland.acl.lanl.gov> In-Reply-To: <3C0F89FC.EA91E6A1@mindspring.com>
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On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Terry Lambert wrote: > Dmitry Konyshev wrote: > > For some odd reason I need to load another OS (no matter which one, > > everything that known about it is its boot sector number) > > at the end of the reboot syscall. Could someone please explain how to > > switch processor to real mode and continue program execution from some > > point in low memory? you can check out the various linux-boot-linux programs that do this. It gets complex. Four examples: bootimg, LOBOS, two-kernel-monte, and kexec. ron To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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