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Re:Kexecboot: Linux-As-a-Bootloader implementation based on ... by charlesap on Sunday November 03, 2019 @12:40PM (#21435303)
Or just turn on paging and page in your kernel from the MBR, ignoring the BIOS: https://github.com/charlesap/bootpager

EFI eliminates the need for such trickery though, and who doesn't have EFI these days?

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Re:Kexecboot: Linux-As-a-Bootloader implementation based on ... by nineteen999 on Sunday November 03, 2019 @06:59PM (#21437677)
> who doesn't have EFI these days?

VM's hosted on VMware ESX with the default settings comes to mind.

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