RE: [OpenBIOS] Starting Linux from the C environment

[Stawnyczy, Evan]

then is OpenBIOS going to include a bootloader?

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Sullivan [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: January 31, 2000 1:20 Pm
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Subject: Re: [OpenBIOS] Starting Linux from the C environment

Hi,

"Stawnyczy, Evan" wrote:
> well this was my argument in the begining, we should allow this BIOS to
> support "REAL" bios calls like int 13 and int 10...  if you include basic
> BIOS functionality, you can allow any "decent" operating system to
> startup...  including LILO

Ahh but if I remember back at the beginning of the list the point of
openBIOS
was to get rid of the BIOS calls and boot 32bit OS's in 32bit mode, the
though
being that most OS's don't use the BIOS calls, except when first
booting.....
Of course that concept can deliver a whole new selection of problems...
I'll
leave the rest to you .. ;-)

Matthew

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