Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot

2007-05-11 Thread yhlu
On 5/11/07, H. Peter Anvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Pavel Machek wrote: > > I do not think OLPC is using linuxBIOS these days. What they have > certainly looks like Sun's ROM monitor. > That would be OpenFirmware, then. current kernel for x86 support OFW boot patch? YH - To unsubscribe from

Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot

2007-05-11 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Pavel Machek wrote: > > I do not think OLPC is using linuxBIOS these days. What they have > certainly looks like Sun's ROM monitor. > That would be OpenFirmware, then. -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot

2007-05-11 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Pavel Machek wrote: > I do not think OLPC is using linuxBIOS these days. What they have > certainly looks like Sun's ROM monitor. Yep, looks like they've got Mitch Bradley, (ex?) of Firmworks, doing their firmware. That means its pretty much exactly OpenFirmware. Lots of yummy, delicious Forth.

Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot

2007-05-11 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > > It may also be worth investigating if it is possible to bypass > > the part of windows that uses BIOS calls. I really don't have > > a clue how a modern windows systems boots. > > I think ReactOS has a bootlader that can also boot Windows, or at > least they are close to booting the Wind

Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot

2007-04-29 Thread David Woodhouse
On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 11:41 +0200, Bernhard Walle wrote: > I also heard that the 100-$-Laptop should now be able to use Windows. > As it's using LinuxBIOS, this could also be interesting. However, > maybe Microsoft simply modifies a special Windows for this, or they > integrate a ClosedSource part

Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot

2007-04-29 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Bernhard Walle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-29 08:51]: >> >> It may also be worth investigating if it is possible to bypass >> the part of windows that uses BIOS calls. I really don't have >> a clue how a modern windows systems boots. > > I think

Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot

2007-04-29 Thread Bernhard Walle
* Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-29 08:51]: > > It may also be worth investigating if it is possible to bypass > the part of windows that uses BIOS calls. I really don't have > a clue how a modern windows systems boots. I think ReactOS has a bootlader that can also boot Windows,

Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot

2007-04-28 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Bart Trojanowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > > I am looking at a two stage boot where linux is loaded to do some system > initialization before booting to Windows, which needs BIOS. > > I am interested in bypassing the BIOS on the second boot. > > I wanted to know if anyone has attempt

Re: restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot

2007-04-06 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Apr 6 2007 11:46, Bart Trojanowski wrote: >Hi all, > >I am looking at a two stage boot where linux is loaded to do some system >initialization before booting to Windows, which needs BIOS. > >I am interested in bypassing the BIOS on the second boot. > >I wanted to know if anyone has attempted to

restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot

2007-04-06 Thread Bart Trojanowski
Hi all, I am looking at a two stage boot where linux is loaded to do some system initialization before booting to Windows, which needs BIOS. I am interested in bypassing the BIOS on the second boot. I wanted to know if anyone has attempted to restore the BIOS memory such that this could be atte