Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 19:29:23 -0800 From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels Message-ID: <387BF513.8A2D607E@nwlink.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000111190059.11092B-100000@workhorse.iMach.com>
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> Nearly 100% of "modern" Flash Memory devices either emulate an IDE drive
> in Hardware or have emulate a standard BIOS disk device using some sort of
> BIOS driver, usually in such a way so that it will boot a DOS-like OS from
> it.
Which brings up the question that keeps nagging at me: How possible is
it to create a pc bios that is geared towards BSD/linux? This would
include its own lightweight repair shell. Couldn't this solve a lot of
problems with pc hardware, to have a unix-oriented bios?
--
Best Regards, Joseph
You will do foolish things,
but do them with enthusiasm. Colette.
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