From: Etienne Lorrain <etienne@masroudeau.com> To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Gujin graphical bootloader 0.4 Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 03:15:34 -0700 (PDT) Hello there, I released the 0.4 version of the GPL Gujin bootloader. Its homepage (with screenshoots) is at: http://gujin.sourceforge.net/ Its documentation (FAQ, HowTo) is at: http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=1989&group_id=15465 All other information and source/precompiled downloads at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gujin/ In short, this bootloader: - Is for PCs with at least an 80386 and a VGA, VESA1 or VESA2+ graphic card. - Loads Linux kernel images (zImage and bZimage) without the help of LILO, and short-circuit all real-mode code in the kernel to start at the first protected mode instruction of the kernel. You can use it to load unlimited size kernels and initrd, and easily select the text/graphic mode for running the kernel. - is nearly completely written in C using GCC, so it is easy to modify/improve it. It uses e2fsprogs-1.22 to understand E2FS filesystems and a completely rewritten zlib to decompress the kernel. FAT12/FAT16 support is working. - stay in real mode for the complete boot process, so should be compatible with all PCs. - Can be installed as a bootloader (only on a floppy right now) or as a DOS/Win boot.exe - 80 % of the code is already written, so I just need to write the last 80 % to have the 1.0 version -:) It is IHMO already a good rescue floppy disk or a good single floppy system loader (minimum configuration around 20 Kb). Have fun! Etienne. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/