[LinuxBIOS] Booting windows from LinuxBIOS

Al Boldi a1426z at gawab.com
Thu May 3 10:41:50 CEST 2007


Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> * Al Boldi <a1426z at gawab.com> [070503 05:51]:
> > > Instead of implementing a VSA-free version of LinuxBIOS, all machine
> > > setup is done in Open Firmware now, in a forth based assembler
> > > dialect.
> >
> > I'm a bit confused.  Can you elaborate how OFW can replace/differs from
> > a normal/Linux-BIOS?
>
> It is an implementation of IEEE 1275-1994 and it's extensions, written
> in the programming language Forth. It's the firmware you might know from
> the PPC Apples or SUN Sparc machines.
>
> See more information on www.openbios.org

Last I tried this, it felt just like another bootloader depending on a BIOS 
to bootstrap the machine.

Are you saying it's more than that?

Can it replace the BIOS?

Is it Vendor supplied with the specific hw?


Thanks!

--
Al





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