The Multiboot Specification
Bryan Ford
Erich Stefan Boleyn
Kunihiro Ishiguro
OKUJI Yoshinori
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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