Booting Windows using coreboot - Revision history

Hailfinger at 22:29, 26 September 2009

2009-09-26T22:29:43Z

Stepan: /* Why Windows? */ I think we should not try to explain why we boot Windows (or any other OS),.. It's coreboot's only purpose to boot stuff.

2009-09-23T16:22:38Z

‎Why Windows?: I think we should not try to explain why we boot Windows (or any other OS),.. It's coreboot's only purpose to boot stuff.

Stepan at 11:02, 13 May 2009

2009-05-13T11:02:13Z

Hailfinger: ADLO -> SeaBIOS

2009-02-17T00:43:11Z

ADLO -> SeaBIOS

Stepan at 16:06, 16 January 2008

2008-01-16T16:06:05Z

Stepan: Booting Windows using LinuxBIOS moved to Booting Windows using coreboot: rename

2008-01-12T20:38:25Z

Booting Windows using LinuxBIOS moved to Booting Windows using coreboot: rename

Bari: /* Booting Windows */

2007-10-26T15:48:39Z

‎Booting Windows

Stepan: move license to the back.

2007-09-08T11:37:34Z

move license to the back.

Augusto: /* Booting Windows */

2007-09-05T21:13:41Z

‎Booting Windows

Augusto: /* Booting Windows */

2007-09-05T21:11:01Z

‎Booting Windows

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 Although this article mentions ADLO, ADLO has been superseded by [[SeaBIOS]] which supports more recent Windows versions out of the box. Please read the [[SeaBIOS]] instructions if you want to boot Windows.
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−	~~=== Why Windows? ===~~
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−	coreboot itself has many positive aspects that should be made widely available. In order to make coreboot a very strong alternative firmware for PC's we cannot afford not considering support for windows since it owns about 90% in the PC market.

	=== Project Overview ===		=== Project Overview ===

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 Although this article mentions ADLO, ADLO has been superseded by [[SeaBIOS]] which supports more recent Windows versions out of the box. Please read the [[SeaBIOS]] instructions if you want to boot Windows.
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 === Why Windows? ===

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		+	Although this article mentions ADLO, ADLO has been superseded by [[SeaBIOS]] which supports more recent Windows versions out of the box. Please read the [[SeaBIOS]] instructions if you want to boot Windows.
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	=== Why Windows? ===		=== Why Windows? ===

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 === Why Windows? ===
-LinuxBIOS itself has many positive aspects that should be made widely available. In order to make LinuxBIOS a very strong alternative firmware for PC's we cannot afford not considering support for windows since it owns about 90% in the PC market.
+coreboot itself has many positive aspects that should be made widely available. In order to make coreboot a very strong alternative firmware for PC's we cannot afford not considering support for windows since it owns about 90% in the PC market.
 === Project Overview ===
-This project was accepted for the Google Summer Of Code 2007 and its main goal is to figure out how to boot Windows Vista/XP/2003. There is not a chosen approach to achieve that. Having a dedicated LinuxBIOS loader is the most desired solution but since some success has been reported using [http://www.linuxbios.org/ADLO ADLO], it has been chosen in this phase of understanding better the problem.
+This project was accepted for the Google Summer Of Code 2007 and its main goal is to figure out how to boot Windows Vista/XP/2003. There is not a chosen approach to achieve that. Having a dedicated coreboot loader is the most desired solution but since some success has been reported using [http://www.coreboot.org/ADLO ADLO], it has been chosen in this phase of understanding better the problem.
 Instead of a real hardware, [http://qemu.org/ QEMU] emulator will be used since it is easily available for anyone who wishes to contribute.
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 I intend to describe in detailed all the steps taken up to now and some of the problems faced. My first goal is to repeat the stages to boot windows 2000 described in the paper entitled [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/tech/freenix03/agnew/agnew_html/index.html/ Flexibility in ROM: A Stackable Open Source BIOS]. After that, we will focus on windows XP and Vista that require a more complicated support.
-Any suggestion is welcome, please use the [[Mailinglist|LinuxBIOS mailing list]] or email [mailto:augusto.pedroza@gmail.com Augusto Pedroza].
+Any suggestion is welcome, please use the [[Mailinglist|coreboot mailing list]] or email [mailto:augusto.pedroza@gmail.com Augusto Pedroza].
 === Requirements ===
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 The following software packages are needed:
-* [[Download_LinuxBIOS|LinuxBIOSv3]]
+* [[Download_coreboot|coreboot v3]]
-* [http://www.linuxbios.org/ADLO ADLO]
+* [http://www.coreboot.org/ADLO ADLO]
 * [http://qemu.org/ QEMU] 0.9.0 or greater
 * [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert.debath/dev86/as86-0.16.17.tar.gz as86] 80x86 assembler
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 Configure and make QEMU (use the --cc option if your default gcc is newer than version 3.4):
   If you need some bios debug messages from qemu add --extra-cflags="-DDEBUG_BIOS" to the configuration line below.
-  Since LinuxBIOS already outputs debug messages without this option, turning it on will mess Qemu output error
+  Since coreboot already outputs debug messages without this option, turning it on will mess Qemu output error
   messages. It is useful for some situations though.
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 The QEMU binary is stored in the i386-softmmu directory.
-== Building ADLO payload (LinuxBIOSv2) ==
+== Building ADLO payload (coreboot v2) ==
-'''IMPORTANT: This step is necessary only if using LinuxBIOSv2. If using LinuxBIOSv3 go to section ''Building LinuxBIOSv3'''''
+'''IMPORTANT: This step is necessary only if using coreboot v2. If using coreboot v2 go to section ''Building coreboot v3'''''
 First, download ADLO's source code.
-  $ svn co svn://linuxbios.org/repos/trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/
+  $ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repos/trunk/coreboot-v2
-'''APPLY PATCH SENT TO LINUXBIOS MAILING LIST!'''
+'''APPLY PATCH SENT TO COREBOOT MAILING LIST!'''
 Download and install [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert.debath/dev86/as86-0.16.17.tar.gz as86]:
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   $ make
   $ make install
-Go to LinuxBIOSv2 directory:
+Go to coreboot v2 directory:
-  $ cd LinuxBIOSv2/
+  $ cd coreboot-v2
   $ patch -p1 < xpboot.diff
   $ cd util/ADLO
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 After running ''make'', a file named ''payload'' will be generated.
-== Building LinuxBIOSv2 ==
+== Building coreboot v2 ==
-Now it is time to build linuxBIOS.
+Now it is time to build coreboot.
-  $ cd LinuxBIOSv2/targets/emulation/qemu-i386
+  $ cd coreboot-v2/targets/emulation/qemu-i386
 You should edit the Config.lb file, where it says payload put the path of the file generated by ADLO. It should look like this:
 * payload path/to/adlo/payload
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   $ make
-This creates the LinuxBIOS image (qemu-bios.rom).  Copy this file to a specific folder and rename it to bios.bin.
+This creates the coreboot image (qemu-bios.rom).  Copy this file to a specific folder and rename it to bios.bin.
-== Building LinuxBIOSv3 ==
+== Building coreboot v3 ==
-Now it is time to build linuxBIOSv3.
+Now it is time to build coreboot v3.
 You should first download it:
-  $ svn co svn://linuxbios.org/repository/LinuxBIOSv3
+  $ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repository/coreboot-v3
-  $ cd LinuxBIOSv3/util
+  $ cd coreboot-v3/util
-  $ svn co svn://linuxbios.org/repos/trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/ADLO
+  $ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repos/trunk/coreboot-v2/util/ADLO
-  $ Apply patch that puts ADLO into LinuxBIOSv3
+  $ Apply patch that puts ADLO into coreboot-v3
   $ make menuconfig
 There are few options that should be enabled:
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   $ make
-This creates a LinuxBIOS image named /build/bios.bin. Copy this file to a specific folder. I will call this folder 'LinuxBIOS_bios/'
+This creates a coreboot image named /build/bios.bin. Copy this file to a specific folder. I will call this folder 'coreboot_bios/'
 == Creating an Appropriate Disk Image ==
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-Windows seems to be very sensitive to BIOS changes. I got the following error when installing windows with QEMU default BIOS and later trying to run it using LinuxBIOS:
+Windows seems to be very sensitive to BIOS changes. I got the following error when installing windows with QEMU default BIOS and later trying to run it using coreboot:
 '''*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF781B84C,0xC0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000) INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE''' [http://www.biermann.org/philipp/STOP_0x0000007B/].
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-Before executing the next command, copy a file named ''vgabios-cirrus.bin'' to the same folder where the ''bios.bin'' file is, in my case, LinuxBIOS_bios/. This file can be found in the qemu directory at ''qemu-0.9.0/pc-bios''.
+Before executing the next command, copy a file named ''vgabios-cirrus.bin'' to the same folder where the ''bios.bin'' file is, in my case, coreboot_bios/. This file can be found in the qemu directory at ''qemu-0.9.0/pc-bios''.
 Then run:
-  $ qemu -L path/to/LinuxBIOS_bios/ -hda /path/to/win.cow -boot d -cdrom /dev/cdrom -m 384 -localtime
+  $ qemu -L path/to/coreboot_bios/ -hda /path/to/win.cow -boot d -cdrom /dev/cdrom -m 384 -localtime
 The ''-L'' option allows us to inform the path for BIOS, VGA BIOS.
 This step takes a lot longer than installing windows on a Hard Disk.
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 Just execute this:
-  $ qemu -L path/to/LinuxBIOS_bios/ -hda win.cow
+  $ qemu -L path/to/coreboot_bios/ -hda win.cow
 I get the following errors due to interrupt calls:
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   int13 function 08 -> Get Drive Parameters
-Even though some keyboard error messages are displayed, the keyboard works correctly with LinuxBIOSv3 (It has a wrong behavior with LinuxBIOSv2):
+Even though some keyboard error messages are displayed, the keyboard works correctly with coreboot v3 (It has a wrong behavior with coreboot v2):
   KBD: int09h_handler(): unknown scancode read: 0x72!
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 '''Just wait the boot process and ... enjoy it!!'''
-[http://www.linuxbios.org/data/windowsxp.mpeg Video: Booting Windows XP - Play it using ffmpeg]
+[http://www.coreboot.org/data/windowsxp.mpeg Video: Booting Windows XP - Play it using ffmpeg]
 [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-128280635889471288&hl=en  Mirror of Video on Google: Booting Windows XP]
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   qemu-0.9.0$ ./configure --cc=/opt/gcc34/bin/gcc --target-list=i386-softmmu && make
   qemu-0.9.0/i386-softmmu$ gdb qemu
-  (gdb) set args -L path/to/LinuxBIOS_bios/ -hda path/to/win2k.cow
+  (gdb) set args -L path/to/coreboot_bios/ -hda path/to/win2k.cow
   (gdb) break main
   (gdb) run

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	[http://www.linuxbios.org/data/windowsxp.mpeg Video: Booting Windows XP - Play it using ffmpeg]		[http://www.linuxbios.org/data/windowsxp.mpeg Video: Booting Windows XP - Play it using ffmpeg]
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		+	[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-128280635889471288&hl=en Mirror of Video on Google: Booting Windows XP]

	== Debugging using GDB ==		== Debugging using GDB ==

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 === Why Windows? ===
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 * [http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/DebuggingTips-en.html/ Debbuging QEMU with GDB]
 * [http://www.hermann-uwe.de/blog/howto-install-windows-xp-in-debian-using-qemu/ Creating Windows QEMU images]

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 '''Just wait the boot process and ... enjoy it!!'''
-[http://www.linuxbios.org/data/windowsxp.mpeg Video: Booting Windows XP - Recorded using ffmpeg]
+[http://www.linuxbios.org/data/windowsxp.mpeg Video: Booting Windows XP - Play it using ffmpeg]
 == Debugging using GDB ==