Ronald G Minnich writes:
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Can LinuxBIOS be used for a real BIOS chip rather than DOC? I have
> > only 256K or BIOS memory, so I don't think I can fit the whole kernel
> > into the cheip.
>
> you're no longer using a winfast 6300? the 6300 has 512KB.
I don't think we ever used it. We use an ECS-FN board.
> > What I'd like to do is use linux bios to instead of the usual BIOS and
> > boot quickly to LILO on hda. This should shave around 25 seconds off
> > the boot time.
>
> LILO uses BIOS calls, I think. That won't work well. You could put a
> really tiny linux kernel in the flash part that two-kernel-monte (or
> LOBOS, or exec_kernel) boots the kernel off of HDA. That was our plan
> before DOC came along. We've not really tried non-DOC recently since the
> DOC is so superior. But we used to boot out of FLASH on that mainboard.
Okay, I'll look into that direction. I've never seen a kernel that
small, though.
> What's the problem with DOC? just wondering.
Money. Management screams everytime the price goes up a dollar. I
guess I should price DOC. Maybe they would trade a few bucks if I
could shave 30 seconds off boot time.
--Michael
