09-09-2011
A kernel is not just another program that runs inside Windows. It's its own operating system, independent of Windows. You'd need something like virtualbox to boot it and pretend to have virtual disks and I/O and all that.
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There's still something missing from the equation, anyway -- a bootloader. That's a tiny stub of code that loads on boot, then loads the operating system for you. minix is just the operating system part, and still needs a bootloader. You might examine the code of lilo to see how a bootloader works.
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update-bootloader
UPDATE-BOOTLOADER(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation UPDATE-BOOTLOADER(1)
NAME
update-bootloader - update/change bootloader configuration using
Bootloader::Tools perl module
SYNOPSIS
update-bootloader [operation] [options]
operation is one of --add, --remove or --refresh.
valid options are --help, --man, --image <file>, --initrd <file>, --xen-kernel <file>, --xen, --default, --previous, --name <string>,
--force, --force-default.
DESCRIPTION
update-bootloader will let you modify your bootloader configuration using Bootloader::Tools perl module.
OPERATIONS
--add add an new image section. Needs a call to --refresh to take effect.
--remove
remove the specified image section. Needs a call to --refresh to take effect.
--refresh
activate the new config e.g. write boot loader to disk
PARAMETER
--help Print a brief help message and exits.
--man Prints the manual page and exits.
--image file
specify path to kernel image
--initrd file
specify path to initrd file
--xen specify that you what to add a xen and not a regular image section
--xen-kernel file
specify that you what to add a xen section with a specific image. Implies --xen option.
--default
let the new section to be added be the default section if appropriate. Only allowed together with --add operation
--previous
set some usuable defaults for image, initrd and name when
--name string
specify the name of the section to be added/removed
--force dont complain, just do the right thing
--force-default
force the new section to be added to be the default section. Only allowed together with --add operation
perl v5.12.1 2010-04-22 UPDATE-BOOTLOADER(1)