As far as I see, LinuxBIOS *replaces* the built-in BIOS, whereas I'm talking about fitting an [D]OS kernel into the free space of *existing* BIOS. No one should know better their board than the manufacturer itself who has bought the generic BIOS from Award (Phoenix), AMI or Phoenix and customised it.
does not imply the manufacturers or even the creators of the generic BIOS know the BIOS code very good. BIOS code developed in same way as Windows: keep compatibility and attach some really ugly extensions and work-arounds.
The BIOS price is in fact included in each board we buy (~$1 for Award, $10 or more for AMI or Phoenix).
"The Windows price is in fact included on every computer we buy" (theoretical: hm..anyone running WinCE as the BIOS? costs same as current WinXP prices and then you'll get WinXP for free)
LinuxBIOS is a small Linux kernel intended to boot the big Linux kernel.
they can boot Win2000 with it, using Bochs components. http://www.linuxbios.org/news/index.html#NT
thus, it's a BIOS replacement for 32bit operating systems. (DOS won't run I guess, or OS/2)
It's for clusters/servers, not for embedded systems, where is the real strength of FreeDOS, especially with limited resources or when a multitasking kernel would be an overkill. OK, there is a single-tasking Linux for 8086 too, but it's not really a Linux anymore ;-)
yes, you're correct about this ofcourse.
Bernd
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