Peter Lister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > So there are two issues: a) DOS isn't supported and b) the floppy as > > a boot device isn't supported. That will make it a very difficult > > sell for mobo manufacturers. Can you imagine me buying a Linux PC > > with LinuxBIOS and it crashing. How am I going to repair it then? > > It's Ron's privilege to name the project as he sees fit, but when > people first see "LinuxBIOS", misinterpretation does seem to be > common. "LinuxBIOS" does *not* mean "a BIOS for Linux" - for one > thing, Linux does needs no BIOS.
Bogus. Linux needs a BIOS, to initialize the platform. Which we have shown the hard way. Linux simply needs not any help after it gets except on poorly designed ports. And LinuxBIOS is a BIOS for Linux. > The project's original intention was > to put Linux in a mobo rom *instead* of a legacy PC BIOS. Which is also suggested by the name LinuxBIOS. Unfortunately that does not work have as well as initially envisioned. > The code base has turned out to be useful for much more than that, and > it now supports other boot loader code, such as Etherboot. The UMD > guys have just created ADLO to glue the Bochs PC BIOS together with > LinuxBIOS for the hardware setup, so that various OSes (MS included) > are supported. This is very new, so give it time - but I don't think > we'll need to wait long, this stuff is moving fast. One small step at a time. Eric _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
