Hi, > My plan is to execute a non-linux module for authentication. > > Steps involved are: > > * Start the system > * Network PXE starts, gets the DHCP assigned address > * PXE tries to connect to the nearby tftp server, grabs the NON-Linux > authentication module > * executes the module, I get the results of authetication > * Now, HOW can I access the bootloader on the Harddisk? How can we do > that? > I guess your authentication module would be running in real mode and not in protected mode? If yes, then you can try to make BIOS calls to directly read / write to hard disk. I'm assuming we're talking about a PC here? Thanks, Rajat -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ