[coreboot] #35: Make it possible to boot Windows using coreboot

[coreboot]

#35: Make it possible to boot Windows using coreboot
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    Reporter:  uwe          |         Owner:                   
        Type:  enhancement  |        Status:  new              
    Priority:  critical     |     Milestone:  Going mainstream 
   Component:  adlo         |       Version:                   
  Resolution:               |      Keywords:                   
Dependencies:               |   Patchstatus:  there is no patch
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Changes (by stepan):

  * summary:  Make it possible to boot Windows using LinuxBIOS => Make it
              possible to boot Windows using coreboot

Old description:

> From
> http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2006-November/016793.html:
>
> {{{
> The issue of booting XP just will not go away.
>
> So, there are two options I see, in order of preference:
> 1. find some way, using kexec etc., to boot XP under Linux, then put
> Linux
> in FLASH; done
> 2. revive ADLO
>
> there have been a number of suggestions for how to do the first one.
> 1. freeldr (vapor?)
> 2. tinyldr (vapor?)
>
> any non-vaporous ones out there? This note is an attempt to start a
> discussion and discovery on this subject.
> }}}

New description:

 From
 http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2006-November/016793.html:

 {{{
 The issue of booting XP just will not go away.

 So, there are two options I see, in order of preference:
 1. find some way, using kexec etc., to boot XP under Linux, then put Linux
 in FLASH; done
 2. revive ADLO

 there have been a number of suggestions for how to do the first one.
 1. freeldr
 2. tinyldr

 any other usable ones out there? This note is an attempt to start a
 discussion and discovery on this subject.
 }}}

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