kernel loading dilemma

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kernel loading dilemma

Post by photon »

im in a dilemma over different strategies to load my kernel.
i've created a floppy disk image for bochs x86 emulator
with EXT2 formating...and planning to make ELF32 kernel files
and have them loaded.

another strategy is making a pure binary monolithic kernel and
load it from the ext2 formatted floppy disk image.

can u suggest which may be more convinient? i guess it will
be the 2nd one but eitherways i'll need a loader that can read
from an ext2 filesystem.
is there a place where such a loader can be found?
K.J.

RE:kernel loading dilemma

Post by K.J. »

>On 2002-04-23 06:58:31, photon wrote:
>im in a dilemma over different strategies to load my kernel.
>i've created a floppy disk image for bochs x86 emulator
>with EXT2 formating...and planning to make ELF32 kernel files
>and have them loaded.
>
>another strategy is making a pure binary monolithic kernel and
>load it from the ext2 formatted floppy disk image.
>
>can u suggest which may be more convinient? i guess it will
>be the 2nd one but eitherways i'll need a loader that can read
>from an ext2 filesystem.
>is there a place where such a loader can be found?

ELF is supported by the GRUB bootload along with ext2fs.

As for a loader that reads ext2fs... I've not seen any besides GRUB: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.en.html

Hope that helps,
K.J.
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