> Guys and gals:
>
> Wanna boot Linux in 3 seconds?
>
> http://www.acl.lanl.gov/linuxbios/faq/index.html
>
the guys at lanl wanted something so that they could make diskless beowulf
nodes without having to burn netboot ROMS. i am considering this but i
need sometime to rethink things about life first. hehehe.
> Read about LinuxBIOS on Slashdot. Originally I thought they were making an
> open-source BIOS so that the entire PC can be open-source. Apparently,
> no. They put a kernel in the BIOS!
>
the putting the entire kernel in the bios makes it convinient.
currently, my beowulfish setup and javastations too would boot off a
netboot rom with a minimalish linux kernel that does pxe/rarp/bootp/dhcp
(depending on the hardware). then either downloads a minimalish filesystem
or mounts root nfs. whatever the case the kernel must be shrunk into the
netrom. ...then... some wise guys though..."why not but the kernel in the
BIOS?"
> Since most modern midrange- and up- main boards have a 2MB flash BIOS,
> it's certainly possible to put the entire kernel and boot loader in
> there! that is, if the machine never dual-boots.
>
wonderful.
> I'm seriously thinking about something like that.. maybe after I get
> another decent computer. :) Can't live without Konoko and her friends
> (running on Win32, alas) right now.
>
currently, i live without win32... abiet sometime i go to gino's mac to do
some word because my groupmates use blasted word cutesy's that do not work
on staroffice or abiword(yuck!)
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