Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Sep 2000 15:23:07 -0400 (EDT) | From | Admin Mailing Lists <> | Subject | Re: Linux/MANOS Kernel Debugger |
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On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> > Actually, the solution I think would be to use the MSDOS loader to boot > linux. I will look at grabbing the ELF code in Linux and loading Linux > from MSDOS -- if this can be accomplished you're there -- with an added > benfit. When I am debugging MANOS, the source files and OS actually > load from another NetWare server over a DOS connection (pretty slick) so > in my setup the files are always remote, though they could just as well > reside on a local fat partiton. Having DOS resident underneath gives > you all kinds of cool stuff you can do (you will note that while MANOS > is active in memory, DOS is still resident underneath and accessible). > > Perhaps the way to do this unobtrusively would be a different loader for > Linux (a DOS loader) that will run the debugger underneath. The > debugger in MANOS is self contained, and you will note has few > dependencies on the OS code of any kind -- it was developed this way > intentionally. We just take the MANOS loader, rip out the kernel, load > Linux from LLOADER.386, and the debugger is there! >
since you'd be using DOS, wouldn't you need a MS license then for every kernel debugger you put out there?
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