Re: Kernel Prereq's

[Ronald G Minnich]

On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Ian wrote:

> Things like; whether or not the machine needs to be in protected mode before the 
>kernel 
> is launched ..


oh. That is a subtle question. It depends on where you enter the
kernel. If you enter it in the non-protected-mode code, then it should be
in real mode. Linux enters it at 0x10:0x100000, which means it assumes you
are in protected mode.


ron