[coreboot] Win9x on Abit BF6 with coreboot v4 (SeaBIOS master) working

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 08:49:08PM +0100, Gelip wrote:
> Hi. I want report that possible boot/install Win9x OS's on motherboard Abit BF6 with coreboot v4 + SeaBIOS master. After first reboot need boot PC from other OS e.g MS-DOS without AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS and delete one line from file C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT on Windows partition (default FAT32 C:) like this:

That's interesting.  I haven't seen any success reports from Win95
before.

> ----------------------------------------------------
> mode con cp prepare=((852) ega.cpi)
> mode con cp select=852
> keyb pl,,keybrd4.sys   <----------- DELETE THIS LINE
> MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001
> ----------------------------------------------------
> This is keyboard driver. On Abit BF6 with coreboot v4 this causes PC hang. After delete this line OS's boot OK :-).

Are you using a PS2 keyboard or a USB keyboard?

> On Win95 working driver GPU S3 Savage 3D (Fachman).
> On Win98SE working Reboot from menu Start.
> On both OS's some problems with install device drivers e.g. PCI or ISA.

SeaBIOS claims to have PnP BIOS support, but it doesn't actually
implement any of the calls.  That may be why you see that warning.

-Kevin