Re: Building an amd64 "Linux bootloader" kernel and RAM disk?

[Chris Hanson <cmhanson%eschatologist.net@localhost>]

On Nov 28, 2020, at 11:23 PM, Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 04:35:38PM -0800, Chris Hanson wrote:
>> It doesn't look like there are any "Linux bootloader" kernels and RAM
>> disk images built for amd64.
> 
> I don't understand what you mean by that. The amd64 GENERIC kernel
> should have MULTIBOOT support. Comparing to arm images makes no sense as
> firmware (and boot protocol) is totaly different.

Sorry, I don’t know all the right terminology here. I’m interested in directly booting a kernel in a virtual machine. What I want is apparently multiboot support, so thank you for the info, it’s exactly what I needed! :)

  — Chris