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Re: romboot in i386
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- Subject: Re: [ECOS] romboot in i386
- From: "Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" <larwe at larwe dot com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:33:03 -0400
- References: <DDD04F4480FED411AB5D00508BFD7A441785F4@CTSINTDLSXUA>
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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