On Thu, 10 May 2001 09:12:47 +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
>> 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").
Ah..Yes.. My bad.. I should have said that linuxBIOS is the only
system for a PC arch that can boot without a BIOS. Thanks for the
correction.
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