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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iMach, Ltd., P.O. Box 5749, Helena, MT 59604 http://www.imach.com Solutions for your high-tech problems. (406)-442-6648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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