* Jamey jamey@vodafone.net.nz [060904 12:59]:
I have just started reading up on LinuxBIOS and am keen to use it on my EPIA-M powered Linux server (for... speed! - ok, and coolness-factor)... and wondered why GRUB isn't listed (or suggested) as a payload option...
The problem with grub (v0.9x) is that it makes heavy use of 16bit bios callbacks that do not work with 32bit LinuxBIOS. But you can use FILO as LinuxBIOS payload. FILO has an option to display a grub menu by reading menu.lst. Check out http://www.linuxbios.org/index.php/FILO
seems an obvious choice to me (not knowing the inner workings of LinuxBIOS), also, has anyone started working on a keyboard based config utility such as is found by pressing F2 or similar at bootup in proprietory BIOS'?
Such a configuration utility exists. But since the CMOS format is open and can be changed at compile time, the utility is not built into LinuxBIOS but available as a (Linux) userspace program, so you can use it in shell scripts and programs to automatically trigger certain behavior. It is called lxbios. See http://lxbios.sourceforge.net/