As far as x86 is concerned, all bootloaders need the BIOS to some extent
(there is not one single bootloader, to my knowledge, that can get away with
loading an OS without being able to talk to the drives......;^) ).
Drew Northup, N1XIM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of James Mastros
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 12:22 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [plex86] BIOS in guest?
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>
> On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:42:26AM +0000, Bart Oldeman wrote:
> > This is actually how dosemu works, but in a different way: 99%
> of the BIOS
> > is in user space, except for console graphics, which uses the real
> > existing video bios in the PC.
> Exactly. Taking dosemu's good points is a happy thing. If
> dosemu could run
> windows, I'd be a very happy camper. At present, it looks like
> speeding up
> plex86 is a lot easyer then making dosemu more powerful -- though
> I have to
> take a good look at the simx86 stuff mentioned here the other day (or was
> that today?).
>
> > I wonder whether it's that much of a win really: DOS uses the BIOS, but
> > other OSes much less.
> Probably. Don't forget that almost all bootloaders probably use the BIOS
> too.
>
> -=- James Mastros
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