On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:33 AM, ron minnich <rminn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:24 AM, David Leimbach<leim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Could be, I've never had the luxury of trying it all out... however I > > thought a minimal linux from coreboot/linuxbios (I think it was called > > linuxbios when this was tried) could kexec plan 9. > > Actually i wrote something in 1999 called lobos that preceded kexec, > and maybe even /dev/reboot (not sure). > > I still recall a linux groupie telling me that "Linus would never > accept linux rebooting linux into the kernel" ... ha! > > I've got a reasonable summary article of kernels booting kernels -- > all 5 versions of them -- in some cluster 200x paper. It concluded > that Plan 9 was the cleanest of the lot. Surprise! Did that pre-date the "two kernel monte" that used to be used on Scyld's "Beowulf" thing? Also, Eric, the 9atom.iso works on my older AMD machine for installation! THANKS! :-) > > > ron > >
