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Richard A. Smith wrote:
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> >On Wed, 9 May 2001, Petter Andersson wrote:
> >
> >> Does anyone know about the minimum hardware
> >> requirements of an embedded linux system?
> >> Do I need a BIOS on my board?
This depends on a lot of things, mainly on the hardare you are using.
> Currently LinuxBIOS that does all the above and is the only boot
> method that dosen't depend on BIOS calls. So if you want to use
> LILO, GRUB, loadlin, syslinux, etc.. You need a BIOS because these
> programs depend on standard BIOS calls.
Not all the world is a PC.
There are many architectures to chose from, and many are much better
suited for embedded systems than the x86. I've never seen a BIOS on
PowerPC systems (where you can get Open Source firmware like
"PPCBoot").
Wolfgang Denk
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