[LinuxBIOS] Booting windows from LinuxBIOS
Al Boldi
a1426z at gawab.com
Thu May 3 10:41:50 CEST 2007
Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> * Al Boldi <a1426z at gawab.com> [070503 05:51]:
> > > Instead of implementing a VSA-free version of LinuxBIOS, all machine
> > > setup is done in Open Firmware now, in a forth based assembler
> > > dialect.
> >
> > I'm a bit confused. Can you elaborate how OFW can replace/differs from
> > a normal/Linux-BIOS?
>
> It is an implementation of IEEE 1275-1994 and it's extensions, written
> in the programming language Forth. It's the firmware you might know from
> the PPC Apples or SUN Sparc machines.
>
> See more information on www.openbios.org
Last I tried this, it felt just like another bootloader depending on a BIOS
to bootstrap the machine.
Are you saying it's more than that?
Can it replace the BIOS?
Is it Vendor supplied with the specific hw?
Thanks!
--
Al
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