Novell Netware actually used DOS as a glorified boot loader. Also, there was at a point a small DOS program that acted as a Linux boot loader. It brought you f

Novell Netware actually used DOS as a glorified boot loader. Also, there was at a point a small DOS program that acted as a Linux boot loader. It brought you from a DOS prompt straight to a Linux virtual terminal without reset. I think SuSE shipped it for a while as an alternative means to launch their setup, but memory fades.