I would imagine that the new OS context would have to mount the drive volumes and assess the state of certain hardware, yes?
DOS doesn't care particularly, as it reads the drive and/or other hardware at the moment that it needs it. Linux and other OSes may have other requirements for tracking the current state of the file system and/or certain gizmos. If that could be overcome, then fast switching mignt be feasible. Anyone? ~~Garry * [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Steven C. Darnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Robert C Wittig wrote: > > > > I don't think trying to execute the Linux kernel while > > running DOS or Windows, > > I think it would fail at the execution phase, as soon as it > > tried to call BIOS, and initiate the process. If you were > > somehow able to get around this obstacle, the Linux kernel > > would have to over-write memory addresses in use by the current > > OS, which would probably precipitate the mother of all crashes, > > Not necessarily. With loadlin.exe you are able to boot a > Linux kernel from DOS without a crash. DOS is overwritten > but the transition is handled smoothly. > > Cheers, > Steven > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
