> I am working on a project where I would like to be able to load up
> a minimum linux kernel with a small ramdisk similer to what is used
> for install puposes. But I need to be able to shutdown linux and
> return back to dos without rebooting. Is this possible, practical
> or remotely doable?
Technically doable -- but probably quite nontrivial.
You would have to store all the hardware settings (as they were) when
linux inits and restore them after wards -- you would also have to do
the right thing wrt any hardware in the system.
Right now, drivers only have a concept of init -- no deinit, so I
think its going to be a lot of work.
btw, NetWare does this.
-cw
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