Open Source BIOS is not only choice.

[Digital Infra, Inc.]

Sorry for forking a new thread.

I have read your discussion about booting Windows from linuxbios and
understand that compatibility of open source bios is the issue.
then, how about this idea. 
WARN: I dont know this is legal in your country. consult an attorney
      before you do something.

Proposal:
    Just use proprietary BIOS. you can buy it from BIOS upgrading company.
    and even I think you MIGHT be able to use a BIOS comes with your PC.
    I mean, you back up your proprietary BIOS before burn linuxBIOS and
    use it. For example, you save the bios image to HDD and use it.

--- Okajima, Jun. Tokyo, Japan.

[Ronald G. Minnich]

I have no idea what's legal, but I have no interest in using the 
proprietary bios for anything. I don't care about windows.

ron

[Adam Talbot]

What would be the point of that!, the whole reason to use Linux bios is for
a clustering environment.  Linuxbios was built for booting off the network
in ways that bootp and PXE cant.  (stock with some bios's)
In my applaction speed of boot time is my only concern.  Stock bios's a VERY
slow!
-Adam
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Digital Infra, Inc." 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:40 AM
Subject: Open Source BIOS is not only choice.
> Sorry for forking a new thread.
>
> I have read your discussion about booting Windows from linuxbios and
> understand that compatibility of open source bios is the issue.
> then, how about this idea.
> WARN: I dont know this is legal in your country. consult an attorney
>       before you do something.
>
> Proposal:
>     Just use proprietary BIOS. you can buy it from BIOS upgrading company.
>     and even I think you MIGHT be able to use a BIOS comes with your PC.
>     I mean, you back up your proprietary BIOS before burn linuxBIOS and
>     use it. For example, you save the bios image to HDD and use it.
>                  --- Okajima, Jun. Tokyo, Japan.
>
> Linuxbios mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

[Bryan E. Chafy]

A Bios savior (or piggyback yourself) would accomplish this.
> Sorry for forking a new thread.
>
> I have read your discussion about booting Windows from linuxbios and
> understand that compatibility of open source bios is the issue.
> then, how about this idea. 
> WARN: I dont know this is legal in your country. consult an attorney
>       before you do something.
>
> Proposal:
>     Just use proprietary BIOS. you can buy it from BIOS upgrading company.
>     and even I think you MIGHT be able to use a BIOS comes with your PC.
>     I mean, you back up your proprietary BIOS before burn linuxBIOS and
>     use it. For example, you save the bios image to HDD and use it.
>                  --- Okajima, Jun. Tokyo, Japan.
>
> Linuxbios mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

[Richard Smith]

> Proposal:
>     Just use proprietary BIOS. you can buy it from BIOS upgrading company.
>     and even I think you MIGHT be able to use a BIOS comes with your PC.

Your proposal dosen't make any sense.

Why on earth would you want to boot LinuxBIOS only to then boot into a
proprietary BIOS?
When you could have just booted the proprietary BIOS in the first place.

[Digital Infra, Inc.]

For booting Windows after you installed linuxbios.
You can say you never use windows any more once you start to use LinuxBIOS?
> > Proposal:
> >     Just use proprietary BIOS. you can buy it from BIOS upgrading company.
> >     and even I think you MIGHT be able to use a BIOS comes with your PC.
>
> Your proposal dosen't make any sense.
>
> Why on earth would you want to boot LinuxBIOS only to then boot into a
> proprietary BIOS?
> When you could have just booted the proprietary BIOS in the first place.

[Ronald G. Minnich]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Digital Infra, Inc. wrote:
> You can say you never use windows any more once you start to use LinuxBIOS?

Yes, I can. I will never use windows again. I have no use for it.

ron

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Ronald G. Minnich  [050127 21:10]:
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Digital Infra, Inc. wrote:
> > You can say you never use windows any more once you start to use LinuxBIOS?
>
> Yes, I can. I will never use windows again. I have no use for it.

Otherwise VMware or Qemu would be the solution of choice anyways :)

Stefan

[Richard Smith]

> For booting Windows after you installed linuxbios.

You still aren't makeing sense to me.  Booting a COTS bios after you
boot linuxbios to boot windows is a regression not an advancement. 
You aren't getting any extra features.  You are just adding
complexity.  If you are going to boot a COTS bios then just boot the
COTS bios you don't need linuxbios.