Re: [ros-kernel] Bootloaders

[Robert K. <ro...@ko...>]

> Thanks. Is Brian Palmer the author of freeloader?  And who wrote loadros?

> Hello Robert!
>
> None of the existing loaders uses Flat-Real-Mode.
>
> 1) Loadros:
> Part of the reactos cvs module. DOS program, written in assembly language
> and thus hard to maintain. Does not (an will never) have the ability to
> detect hardware or analyze the system hive. Works reliably.
>
> 2) FreeLoader:
> Main part of the freeldr cvs module. Boot loader/manager that includes boot
> code for three filesystems (FAT12/16, FAT32 and ISO9660/CDFS). Written in
> assembly language and C. Hardware detection can (and will) be added. The
> flat-text system hive (system.hiv) is read and used for loading boot start
> drivers. Still got several bugs in the boot code.
>
> 3) GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader):
> GNU utility (www.gnu.org). Mainly developed for *NIX OSs, like Linux or
> *BSD. Can load kernel and drivers but cannot detect hardware and cannot
> analyze the system hive. I don't use it so I cannot comment on the quality
> of the code.
>
> I hope this answers your question.
>
> Eric
>
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