[SeaBIOS] OS that don't work?

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 10:41:32PM +0200, nap wrote:
> Le 26/05/2012 14:06, Fred . a écrit :
> > Is there any x86 operating system that SeaBIOS can not boot?
> > Why?
> > 
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> 
> SeaBIOS is not currently (1.6.3) fully able to boot W98SE.
> 
> That is just for information, I am in fact quite happy to be able to use
> a new box with W98SE.
> I am currently upgrading from a quite old and deceased box with W98SE on
> it to a QEMU/SeaBIOS brand new box.
> After some expected difficulties mostly linked to get proper
> information, I am now trying to assess the interaction between
> QEMU/Seabios and W98SE. I can say that during the upgrade process, W98SE
> recognize SeaBIOS as "BIOS Plug-and-Play", something new to install but
> W98SE consider it as not functioning properly.

If you're willing to compile SeaBIOS, you could try disabling the
plug-and-play support (make menuconfig -> BIOS interfaces -> PnP BIOS
interface).

-Kevin