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LinuxBIOS Boots Linux, OpenBSD, Windows

Posted by timothy on from the with-source dept.

Ivan writes "LinuxBIOS coupled with BOCHS has replaced the PC BIOS. The union of these two cool open source projects completely replaces closed source BIOS, while retaining the ability to boot other operating systems like BSD and Windows. Here's the announcement."

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  1. Re:rushed announcement by LordNimon · · Score: 4, Offtopic

    Well, under Windows it might, but it doesn't have to. There is a floppy driver for OS/2, and formatting doesn't use any CPU under OS/2. In fact, formatting floppies while printing, recalculating a large spreadsheet, and playing an audio file without hiccup was one of the early demonstrations of OS/2 at trade shows.

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