Re: [LinuxBIOS] Booting windows from LinuxBIOS

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Al Boldi  [070503 10:41]:
> 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?

This depends on the specific implementation and a good hunk on
philosophy ;-)

There's a web server and graphical boot menu and lots other stuff in
OFW.
> Can it replace the BIOS?

Depends on what you expect from a BIOS. It can boot your OS, and on some
systems it knows how to initialize the hardware. On others it needs so
called low level firmware, ie. LinuxBIOS or U-Boot.
> Is it Vendor supplied with the specific hw?

What?