CoreBoot (LinuxBIOS) Can Boot Windows 7 Beta

billybob2 writes "CoreBoot (formerly LinuxBIOS), the free and open source BIOS replacement, can now boot Windows 7 Beta. Videos and screenshots of this demonstration, which was performed on an ASUS M2V-MX SE motherboard equipped with a 2GHz AMD Sempron CPU, can be viewed on the CoreBoot website. AMD engineers have also been submitting code to allow CoreBoot to run on the company's latest chipsets, such as the RS690 and 780G."

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What's the point...

[Adolf Hitroll]

...of using a Linux BIOS to boot Windows?

I guess some self-proclaimed "Geek" will tell me it's because it's possible, but why has he downloaded Windows to begin with? Why didn't he get out, get in shape, find girls and have a foursome?

BTW: why do the MS guys still specify this OS is a beta version?

Last time I checked, these were all beta versions, except ME which was less-than-alpha crap.

Final question: why is the FP that lame? and why don't they make the LinuxBIOS an on-the-fly C Compiler to answer Eldavojohn(son) ?

Re:What Benefit Does C Have Over Assembly?

[Adolf Hitroll]

There are so many private jokes here that I guess you won't be modded (+1) flamebait as you might have posted something that other "nerds" might find (-12) Insightful of (-42) Funny.

So tell me, "big guy"(not), is it like these fucking star wars movies?

Have you been taught to address people that way when you were a child and you found it cool or are you really lacking manners?

Why is it that your typing looks like it smells of shit?

Yay! Let's trade speed for dumb.

[mandark1967]

In our ever-increasing need to "dumb down" all things related to computers, this will only result in more bloated, slow code.

*sigh*

I for one look forward to our "21 freaking seconds to access BIOS?!" overlords.