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diff --git a/system/mbootpack/README b/system/mbootpack/README index d613e4069e..d22e86a4c7 100644 --- a/system/mbootpack/README +++ b/system/mbootpack/README @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ mbootpack (Multiboot kernel and modules) -This is a tool that takes a multiboot kernel and modules (e.g. a Xen -VMM, linux kernel and initrd), and packages them up as a single file -that looks like a bzImage linux kernel. The aim is to allow you to -boot multiboot kernels (in particular, Xen) using bootloaders that -don't support multiboot (i.e. pretty much anything except GRUB and -SYSLINUX). This is, as you might expect, pretty grim stuff, involving -lots of lovely 16-bit real-mode code. +This is a tool that takes a multiboot kernel and modules (e.g. a Xen VMM, +linux kernel and initrd), and packages them up as a single file that looks +like a bzImage linux kernel. The aim is to allow you to boot multiboot +kernels (in particular, Xen) using bootloaders that don't support multiboot +(i.e. pretty much anything except GRUB and SYSLINUX). This is, as you might +expect, pretty grim stuff, involving lots of lovely 16-bit real-mode code. |