Messages in this thread | | | From | Thomas Lau <> | Subject | Re: [Slightly OT] x86 PROM project | Date | Mon, 5 Mar 2001 03:19:25 +0000 |
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On Sunday 04 March 2001 19:08, Erik Mouw wrote: > On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 12:29:47PM -0600, Matthew Fredrickson wrote: > > What does everybody think of the idea of trying to write a RISC PROM-like > > BIOS for the x86 architecture? > > > > I've been tossing the idea around in my head for a while, and after I got > > my first SGI I realized that something like this would be fairly useful. > > Basically, I'm wondering if anybody is already doing something like this > > (not linuxBIOS, though the code for that could be a useful base). > > Thanks. > > Have a look at OpenBIOS: > > http://www.freiburg.linux.de/OpenBIOS/ > > The project wants to create an IEEE 1275-1994 compliant firmware, like > used by SUN (for example). > > > Erik > [who likes SUN firmware even more than SGI firmware]
How can I install openbios ? also, can I use it in x86 PC? and is it better than my award BIOS? last question, is it support windows if I want to change to windows again? M$ one I mean
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