Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265029AbUI1KVp (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Sep 2004 06:21:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267186AbUI1KVp (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Sep 2004 06:21:45 -0400 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.204]:41159 "EHLO mproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265029AbUI1KVo (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Sep 2004 06:21:44 -0400 Message-ID: <81b0412b0409280321235178f1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:21:44 +0200 From: Alex Riesen Reply-To: Alex Riesen To: Aboo Valappil Subject: Re: Switch back to Real mode and then boot strap Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <41592C64.3030409@yahoo.com.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 654 Lines: 13 On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:11:59 +1000, Aboo Valappil wrote: > Basically I have a requirement of re-booting ( Without really rebooting ) > the OS from the hard disk ( even if a floppy is present or a bootable CD-ROM > is present). Update CMOS to change the boot sequence is not an option for > my requirement. You probably want to look at kexec. I.e. there: http://lwn.net/Articles/15468/ - 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/