Rolling Your Own Bootloader: Difference between revisions

Since the bootloader runs in [[Real Mode]], it has easier access to BIOS resources and functions. Therefore it's a good place to perform [[How Do I Determine The Amount Of RAM|memory map detection]], [[Getting VBE Mode Info|detecting available video modes]], loading additional files etc. The bootloader will collect this information and present it in a way the kernel will be able to understand

 

 

=== Where will you load your kernel ? ===