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Re: romboot in i386


Hi Jonathan,

>It's the first stage in providing some way for a PC to directly boot from
>ROM/Flash. It's not been made to work on any particular platform yet

Is the thrust of this code attempting to boot the PC off an add-in BIOS 
(e.g. at C800:0) or as a complete mainboard BIOS replacement to take over 
at power-on?


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