LinuxBIOS questions

Armijn Hemel armijn at uulug.nl
Mon Jan 26 17:07:00 CET 2004


On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 09:30:19AM -0700, ron minnich wrote:

> > for the Dutch Linux Magazine (http://www.linuxmag.nl/) I'm writing an
> > article about open source hardware and LinuxBIOS is one of the projects
> > I will mention. I have a question which does not seem to be answered
> > in the FAQ.

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> > Do I really need to remove the normal BIOS from a machine, insert a ZIF
> > socket, etc.? 
> 
> No, but the FLASH process will replace that BIOS with linuxbios. 

Ah cool. There are some things that are not really clear to me. Can
other operating systems ('doze, FreeBSD) be booted with the LinuxBIOS?
I read something about SEBOS on the project page, but not about
LinuxBIOS being able to do it. So can it? A simple `yes' or `no' will be
sufficient :)

thanks,

armijn

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