Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 15:33:34 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: Marc Nicholas <marc@hippocampus.net>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BIOS bootstrap? Message-ID: <199805232233.PAA02593@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 23 May 1998 14:09:35 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95.980523140645.28348A-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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> That's what we do on the Interjet. > We altered our BIOS to use com2 as it's POST output. > That way it goes to the LCD. If you have BIOS source, that's always good. > Does anyone know if there is a FreeBIOS project anywhere? Ask AltaVista about "openbios", but be aware that they appear to be totally clueless. Apart from that, I don't believe so, no. Writing a complete, up-to-date BIOS is a nontrivial exercise, and you have to be tied closely to the board you run on in many ways. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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