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Date:      Tue, 11 Jan 2000 22:12:07 -0700 (MST)
From:      "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@iMach.com>
To:        R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000111220945.11092C-100000@workhorse.iMach.com>
In-Reply-To: <387BF513.8A2D607E@nwlink.com>

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On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, R Joseph Wright wrote:

> 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? 

My take on this is:

Possible != Portable.

Or better put, Writing a "FreeBSD-cool" bios would be relatively easy.
Trying to keep it updated and/or make it work on a whole bunch of
different vendor's computers wouldn't.

- Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) KD7EHZ
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