Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 09:17:14 +0000 From: Darcy Buskermolen <darcy@ok-connect.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels Message-ID: <3.0.32.20000112091713.015822a0@mail.ok-connect.com>
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At 05:07 PM 1/12/00 +0000, you wrote: >On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 08:46:28AM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >> > On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 07:29:23PM -0800, R Joseph Wright wrote: >> > > Which brings up the question that keeps nagging at me: How possible is >> > > it to create a pc bios that is geared towards BSD/linux? This would >> > > include its own lightweight repair shell. Couldn't this solve a lot of >> > > problems with pc hardware, to have a unix-oriented bios? >> > >> > About the only thing that I really miss, going from `real' unix to >> > pc unix is the ability to do _anything_ with a serial console. >> > >> > A bios that can do it's thang over the serial port exists. But it's >> > not very common. >> >> www.realweasel.com > >It's a very clever hack. I admire them for it. Doesn't stop it >being an 'orrible hack. > >[ for those that haven't seen them, a board that looks to the BIOS like > a MGA adapter but can throw the data out of the serial port instead ] > >I still maintain that the /right/ solution is for the BIOS to have >a ``while booting shovel data out COM1 and accept data from COM1 as if >it were my keyboard'' option. > >I've seen them on (I think) NCR boxes. Intel Server class machines also have that ability. Motherboards such as the L440GX+ Mother board have this as an option in the BIOS. > >-- >Mike Bristow, Geek At Large ``Beware of Invisible Cows'' > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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