Re: Load linux...from linux?

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Hi!

> While watching my system boot this morning, waiting for it to finish
> scanning the various SCSI controllers, I found myself wondering if maybe
> there was a way to avoid all this delay.
>
> If loadlin can load linux from under DOS, and BootX can load linux from
> under MacOS, is it possible to write something similar that runs linux?
>
> For instance, it would be nice if the last action when rebooting a linux
> system were (optionally) to load and execute a new kernel image, rather
> than reset the system.

Take a look at linuxboot project, near openboot project. They have
patch to do exactly this.

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