Re: [Freedos-user] Can't boot Freedos from Lenovo B590

[Thomas M. <mue...@tw...>]

Excerpt from use...@ab...:

> * UEFI replaced the BIOS.
> * FreeDOS needs a PC with BIOS.
> * UEFI, in its transitional period, supported emulating the BIOS, which
> it calls CSM.
> * CSM stands for "compatiblity support module" and is essentially the
> BIOS emulation of UEFI.
> * Modern operating systems are UEFI only.

That last statement is not true!

Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Haiku can boot from BIOS, although UEFI support is improving.

I believe MS-Windows 10 is UEFI-only.  MacOS is designed to run specifically on Apple-designed computers as opposed to a computer that can run Windows.

Tom