--- Sharath <sharath_75@yahoo.com> wrote: > not sure about ppc arch.... I was reffering to i386 > arch... I guess it should be possible but thats device > specific... more like asking the device not to clean > up its memory and just reboot.. > > any takers for this one?? > Naw. How you gonna' stop the BIOS from doing the memory check at boot? The BIOS probably won't touch every byte every boot, but how do you arrange that *your* memory isn't touched? What about the memory manager? How much of the Linux kernel are you willing to rewrite for this? > --- "Usman S. Ansari" <uansari@yahoo.com> wrote: > > arch is ppc & i dont have 2nd storage. What other > > option i have? > > Wow. You booting from a floppy? Hmmm. How about an initrd? From Rubini & Corbet (2nd ed. p. 360): "When you boot a kernel with initrd, it establishes a temporary running environment before it mounts the real root filesystem." I don't actually know if this would work, but it's an idea. Harmony, --Christine __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
