* Etherboot (for network booting and boot from raw IDE or FILO)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stefan Reinauer Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 9:46 AM To: Uwe Hermann Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] PATCH: LinuxBIOS README. * Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061020 16:51]: > On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 04:14:28PM +0200, Segher Boessenkool wrote: > > > Ok, this is not really a patch; I merely attached a README file I've > > > > No you didn't ;-) Go ahead. X-Signed-Off-By: Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- > LinuxBIOS README > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- > > LinuxBIOS is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary > BIOS you can find in most of today's computers. > > It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes > one of many possible payloads, e.g. a Linux kernel. > > > Payloads > -------- > > After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any > desired "payload" can be started by LinuxBIOS. Examples include: > > * A Linux kernel > * FILO (a simple bootloader with filesystem support) > * OpenBIOS (a free IEEE1275-1994 Open Firmware implementation) > * Etherboot (for network booting) > * ADLO (for booting Windows 2000 or OpenBSD) > * Plan 9 (a distributed operating system) > * memtest86 (for testing your RAM) > > > Supported Hardware > ------------------ > > LinuxBIOS supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards. > > For details please consult: > > * http://www.linuxbios.org/Supported_Motherboards > * http://www.linuxbios.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices > > > Website and Mailing List > ------------------------ > > Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development > guidelines and more can be found on the LinuxBIOS website: > > http://www.linuxbios.org > > You can contact us directly on the LinuxBIOS mailing list: > > http://www.linuxbios.org/Mailinglist > > > Copyright and License > --------------------- > > The copyright on LinuxBIOS is owned by quite a large number of individual > developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details. > > LinuxBIOS is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). > Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)", > and some files (mostly those derived from the Linux kernel) are licensed under > the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects, > other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual > source files for details. > > -- > linuxbios mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios -- coresystems GmbH * Brahmsstr. 16 * D-79104 Freiburg i. Br. Tel.: +49 761 7668825 * Fax: +49 761 7664613 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.coresystems.de/ -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
