Joseph Smith wrote:
state of the art
mbrs/partition tables
See how those two don't fit together?
I really think it is possible to take the data from the mbr/partition table and manipulate it to our advantage, thus bypassing ALL real mode interrupts. The problem would be if an OS (like windows) deciedes to make a INT call....
You are missing the point.
If you implement the BIOS method, you will only reach more code that requires and assumes a BIOS method. This makes perfect sense;
The MBR assumes a BIOS is available. Code that the MBR points to somehow will also assume a BIOS, because there is no way the computer would execute that code unless a BIOS is running and arrived there by enumerating MBRs, picking one and going on from there.
But for Linux, I really feel it is possible.
The MBR path will lead to the Linux real mode entry point.
I hope you agree with me that one major design goal of a new boot standard will be to eliminate real mode from x86 boot.
Stop wasting time on BIOS things. Do a comparison with all other disk labels that the composite of Linux, BSD and Windows NT supports.
//Peter