Re: devfs patch v3

Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
12 Jan 1998 13:49:43 +0100


"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com> writes:
>
> True. I was considering writing a boot loader that would read ext2.
> The main problem is that it really begs for being a second-stage
> loader, so it can be in protected mode. Unfortunately, thats a
> mini-OS all in itself, i.e. not exactly a weekend project (the first
> version of syslinux I wrote in a night.)

Doesn't GRUB do this nowadays? (and it certainly is a mini OS)

-Andi