On Thursday 20 Feb 2014 01:22:24 eroen wrote: > On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:39:51 -0800, walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just spotted that phrase in the sourceforge newsletter: > > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/ > > > > and it seems to me like an oxymoron. If that phrase makes > > logical sense then my definitions of 'BIOS' and 'EFI' need > > the latest updates :) > > > > Until now I thought that EFI is a recent replacement for > > "BIOS" based machines. > > > > Can anyone clarify the linguistics involved here? > > The scope of UEFI is somewhat greater than that of traditional BIOSes. > Both do various hardware initialization and such, but UEFIs (can) have > a number of additional features, including more flexibility in what it > can launch from where (eg. network booting without iPXE) and even an > interactive shell. See [1] for a less organized list of features. > > I'm unfamiliar with this project in specific, but I'm going by the line > > This is EFI-based bootloader for BIOS-based computers created as a > replacement to EDK2/Duet bootloader http://www.tianocore.org. > > I have a box running Duet, which is an UEFI implementation that can be > launched by (eg.) the extlinux boot loader on a legacy BIOS system. > Once Duet is launched, the system is mostly indistinguishable from a > native UEFI system that has booted into it's UEFI firmware. > > From here, Duet can let the user go through menus to select an EFI > executable to launch (a EFI-stub enabled kernel or some sort of boot > loader), or it can automatically launch something based on existing > configuration. > > 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFI#Features
I guess this can be seen as a BIOS chainloaded UEFI? BTW, has anyone tried hackintosh in a VM? I am thinking of using AppleMac's Mail program, when I can no longer run the legacy kmail application. A bit drastic to have to load a whole VM just for mail, but I can't find another client that suits. -- Regards, Mick
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