[syslinux] Fwd: Possible to load VBIOS TSR from MEMDISK, then load Linux?

Christopher Chavez chrischavez at gmx.us
Fri May 23 22:33:35 PDT 2014


Intel has VBIOS updates available that end-users typically cannot use
unless their vendor includes it in a system BIOS update. The only
exception is being able to use a DOS TSR (terminate and stay resident)
executable, which doesn’t work e.g. in NT-based Windows. However, I do
not know if this also applies to Linux (and that may be a question to
ask elsewhere). However, regarding MEMDISK, would it be possible to at
least do something like the following:

GRUB2 loads MEMDISK
MEMDISK loads DOS/real mode TSR, returns to GRUB2
GRUB2 loads Linux with TSR still present

Thanks,
chrstphrchvz



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