If you start out with a board based on a reference design, say the Intel
SE440BX, you already have access to all this info. Most chipset vendors have
info on this sort of thing up on their webpage, I know intel is really good
about this sort of thing (though I am not so sure about the 810/815/820/840
chipsets).
Mike Smith had the audacity to say:
>
> > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 07:35:51 +0900, "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote:
> > >
> > >Loader(8) runs using BIOS services, and loads the kernel from any drive
> > >that BIOS recognizes. It has also been enhanced with PXE knowledge, so
> > >he can load from that to.
> >
> > My mistake, as Ron pointed out, since loader uses the BIOS services, it
> > can't run when there is no BIOS. Now if someone writes a loader that
> > doesn't use a BIOS...
>
> You could easily do this, just as soon as you find a motherboard vendor
> that will tell you how to initialise all their hardware.
>
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