linux-kernel - Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot

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Date:	Fri, 11 May 2007 18:23:30 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Subject: Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot

Hi!

> > It may also be worth investigating if it is possible to bypass
> > the part of windows that uses BIOS calls.  I really don't have
> > a clue how a modern windows systems boots.
> 
> I think ReactOS has a bootlader that can also boot Windows, or at
> least they are close to booting the Windows kernel. That bootloader
> could be then used for booting Windows without BIOS calls.
> 
> I also heard that the 100-$-Laptop should now be able to use Windows.
> As it's using LinuxBIOS, this could also be interesting. However,
> maybe Microsoft simply modifies a special Windows for this, or they
> integrate a ClosedSource part in that LinuxBIOS, I don't know ... :-(

I do not think OLPC is using linuxBIOS these days. What they have
certainly looks like Sun's ROM monitor.

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