The Multiboot Specification

• Motivation
• Terminology
• Scope and requirements
  • Architecture
  • Operating systems
  • Boot sources
  • Boot-time configuration
  • Convenience to the operating system
  • Boot modules
• Details
  • OS image format
  • Machine state
  • Boot information format
• Examples
  • Notes on PC
  • BIOS device mapping techniques
    • Data comparison technique
    • I/O restriction technique
  • Example OS code
    • multiboot.h
    • boot.S
    • kernel.c
    • Other Multiboot kernels
  • Example boot loader code
• Index

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