February 2000 - OpenBIOS - mail.coreboot.org

Boot loader program
by Ross Feb. 1, 2000

Feb. 1, 2000

Does anyone on this list have a program that can write a file to a floppy disk that does not have a DOS OS on it. Just a plain formatted floppy disk.The program must be able to write a file that is bigger than 64K to the PC floppydisk then load the program into the PC main memory for example; at 0000:0000 to 0000:7fff. This will allow the program I have designed to allow faster development with chipset based motherboards without the use of any os's or the need of a rom emulator. I have developed a program that will only do smaller programs but need help on getting a 256k program from a plain formatted non-dos floppy into the pc memory. Help!!!!! //Ross

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linuxbios web page is there.
by Ronald G. Minnich Feb. 1, 2000

Feb. 1, 2000

I figure that we're taking a slightly different direction than openbios so I've set up the linuxbios web page, www.acl.lanl.gov/linuxbios. We'll use openbios and help out where we can. I'll be posting the 'linux boots linux' code there this week as well as anything we've done to openbios to make it go. It would be great if anyone out there can unlock the secret of the flash ram. This is driving me nutz. If I get there I'll let you know. Thanks ron - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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ROM-Emulators
by Winter Jörg Feb. 1, 2000

Feb. 1, 2000

> ---------- > Von: Edwin Rhodes[SMTP:edwin_rhodes@hotmail.com] > Antwort an: openbios(a)freiburg.linux.de > Gesendet: Montag, 31. Januar 2000 02:26 > An: openbios(a)elvis.informatik.uni-freiburg.de > Betreff: Re: [OpenBIOS] Fine. > > can i have a copy of this rom-emulator? > thanks edwin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Winter Jörg <joerg.winter(a)disch-gmbh.de> > To: <openbios(a)elvis.informatik.uni-freiburg.de> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 10:50 AM > Subject: [OpenBIOS] Fine. > I´m sorry, but a copy of my ROM-Emulator would not be what you expext ... I was not talking about Software. The Emulator is a little piece of Hardware that I bought. It is intended to be inserted into a standard 32 Pin Jedec-Memory Socket. Then you download a 64k image via the parallel port of any PC into this Hardware. You press reset at the board and it boots ... well sometimes ... If you are interested in such an Hardware try th e following urls as a start: www.hed.de (they make tools for embedded and microcontrol. I once talked to their Boss and got the impression that they are really good!) www.embedded-tools.de (they have a modular Emulator called PromJet. Its able to act like rom/ram/flash up to 16Mbit and 32Bit Words. Furthermore it can handle operating voltages from 2 to 5V. It also has an ethernet plug ...) Well this is not an advertisement ... I did not test these devices but they seem interesting to me ... > eMail: mailto:Joerg.Winter@Disch-GmbH.de > > - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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