Re: [Etherboot-developers] Q: LinuxBIOS support?
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From: Christoph P. <chr...@al...> - 2001-06-19 06:44:04
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Hello ! AFAIK Linux-Bios is a small Linux kernel which is booted directly from the boot vector. Only a smart chipset setup is done, all other things are coming from this small linux kernel, as it can handle and drive all i/o components, as we know :-) So this linux kernel also can handle network and bootp/dhcp requests, transporting files fia ftp/tftp and mounting NFS roots. So I don't know, but possible there is not much up to nothing to do, to support netboot here. But again, I don't know it very well, as up to now, I have no machine, which Linux Bios supports. If I would have one, I only would use Linux Bios !!!! With friendly regards Christoph P. Marty Connor wrote: > > On 6/16/2001 7:34 AM Eric W. Biederman ebi...@ln... wrote: > >Assuming that a clean approach can be found to use etherboot in > >linuxBIOS. Would you be willing for etherboot to go in that direction? > >The expectation here is that the linuxBIOS developers would contribute > >the code to work with linuxBIOS. > > This sounds like an interesting idea in principle. During the time I > have contributed to the Etherboot Project we seem to be constantly moving > in the direction of supporting more ways for people to utilize network > booting. Sometimes by adding support for more cards, and sometimes by > creating new ways to make Etherboot bootable by other loaders and > utilities. > > I think it would be fun to work with more developers, and see what we can > accomplish together. > > As they say in poker, "Deal me in". :-) > > Marty > > --- > Try: http://rom-o-matic.net/ to make Etherboot images instantly. > > Name: Marty Connor > US Mail: Entity Cyber, Inc.; P.O. Box 391827; Cambridge, MA 02139; USA > Voice: (617) 491-6935, Fax: (617) 491-7046 > Email: md...@th... > Web: http://www.thinguin.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Etherboot-developers mailing list > Eth...@li... > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/etherboot-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------ private: chr...@gm... company: chr...@al... |