Flynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > > Is LinuxBIOS capable of booting something that isn't Linux?
> >
> > yes. We're currently working on Plan 9. Our first step is to get 9load
> > into flash, but Plan 9 may follow. We have talked to the BSD community
> > but they have not shown any interest, sad to say.
> 
> That _is_ sad, and surprising given the BSD leaning towards servers.  My
> work is a FreeBSD shop, and we have all kinds of troubles that could be
> solved by controlling the BIOS -- which is why I was asking about other
> OSes in the first place.

It might be that linuxBIOS at the time wasn't really stable enough to
support a port.  Linux doesn't even have a native port yet.

> Unfortunately I'm swamped enough with other stuff that I can't offer to
> dive in and help just now.  [ :/ ]

It actually should be fairly simple.  Assuming not too many BIOS calls
are made.

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