I _think_ he asked about being able to boot _any_ OS which is not possible. I already deleted the original message so I'm not sure.
Ty Ronald G Minnich wrote: > On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Ben Stoltz wrote: > > >>I believe that the right way to do this is to boot over the net first, get >>the parameters for the particular session (OS, boot device, etc.), then load >>the OS from the specified boot device and transfer control. >> > > we can do this today. We mostly do it now with the bproc stuff, in which > the flash-based kernel contacts a control node, gets boot parameters and > then boots a kernel based on those parameters. It's easy. > > >>Is LinuxBIOS able to do this sort of thing? Is it within a month or two of >>programmer's time to being able to do such a thing? >> > > To get exactly what you want for your uses, and make it "shrink-wrap > ready", and get the fiber channel all integrated into linux, is probably 1 > person-quarter. > > ron > -- Tyson D Sawyer iRobot Corporation Senior Systems Engineer Military Systems Division [EMAIL PROTECTED] Robots for the Real World 603-532-6900 ext 206 http://www.irobot.com
