newbie question: kexec linux-based bootstrap

[Geoff Levand]

Hi,

Bizhan Gholikhamseh (bgholikh) wrote:
> I have been investigating how to boot Linux as bootstrap to boot another
> Linux.

The ps3 uses this method for its bootloaders.  The linux kernel and a
small file system are put into the system's flash memory.

You can find some (old) info about the petitboot bootloader here:

  http://ozlabs.org/~jk/projects/petitboot/

Another kexec based bootloader is kboot:

  http://kboot.sourceforge.net/

-Geoff