Re: [LinuxBIOS] Booting windows XP

[Adam Sulmicki]

> Have any body tried to boot "embedded XP with console redirected to serial
> port" using LinuxBIOS (freebios + ADLO bochs)?

i'm not familar with embedded XP.
> Is it possible to boot XP with the LinuxBIOS that has no VGA support?

generally speaking yes.

[LinuxBIOS] Booting windows XP

[Richard Smith]

> > Have any body tried to boot "embedded XP with console redirected to serial
> > port" using LinuxBIOS (freebios + ADLO bochs)?

You are in uncharted waters.  IIRC W2k is the only OS of that family
that has been booted.  See the wiki and Adam's page.
> > Is it possible to boot XP with the LinuxBIOS that has no VGA support?
>
> generally speaking yes.

No VGA will make it easier but who knows what kind of bios calls XP
makes along the way.

Can bochs itself boot the image?  That would be the first step.  That
way you have lots of debugging tools available.

[LinuxBIOS] Booting windows XP

[Bari Ari]

Quoting Adam Sulmicki :
> > Have any body tried to boot "embedded XP with console redirected to serial
> > port" using LinuxBIOS (freebios + ADLO bochs)?
>
> i'm not familar with embedded XP.

Embedded XP is a set of tools and docs to build stripped down versions 
of XP. It
lets you build XP without features that during the old anti-trust suit 
where M$
claimed that these things couldn't be done :)

BIOS support for embedded XP should be the same as for XP.

-Bari