GNUOrder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is there a payload for booting the kernel off IDE that will fit in 256KBytes? > I thought linuxbios itself wasn't able to fit in that tight of space and > still be able to boot a kernel.
LinuxBIOS has a poor but working IDE driver that can be used, thanks to Adam Agnew initially wrote it. So you can use IDE just like a flash chip :) I intend to see if I can cleanly integrate it with etherboot one of these days, but I haven't had a chance to work on bootloaders just yet. Eric