Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:39:14 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BIOS extension format Message-ID: <199810212339.JAA00958@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199810212328.QAA02805@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Oct 21, 98 04:28:11 pm"
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Mike Smith wrote: > Best guess is it's the format described in the PnP BIOS document, where > the image starts with: [...] > There's more specific information here on PnP devices intented to > participate in the boot path (disk, screen, keyboard etc.) if this is > looking promising. Thanks Mike. At first look, the extensions look like they're in that format. > The document you want is "Plug and Play BIOS Specification" (version > 1.0A); you should be able to get it from Microsoft under > http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/respect/pnpspecs.htm > in Word format (*sigh*). I'll go look at that. Urk, I guess that means I have to boot Windows. I hope I can still remember how to do that. 8-) -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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