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On Thursday 20 Feb 2014 01:22:24 eroen wrote: |
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> On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:39:51 -0800, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I just spotted that phrase in the sourceforge newsletter: |
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> > |
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> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/ |
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> > and it seems to me like an oxymoron. If that phrase makes |
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> > logical sense then my definitions of 'BIOS' and 'EFI' need |
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> > the latest updates :) |
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> > Until now I thought that EFI is a recent replacement for |
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> > "BIOS" based machines. |
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> > |
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> > Can anyone clarify the linguistics involved here? |
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> The scope of UEFI is somewhat greater than that of traditional BIOSes. |
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> Both do various hardware initialization and such, but UEFIs (can) have |
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> a number of additional features, including more flexibility in what it |
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> can launch from where (eg. network booting without iPXE) and even an |
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> interactive shell. See [1] for a less organized list of features. |
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> I'm unfamiliar with this project in specific, but I'm going by the line |
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> This is EFI-based bootloader for BIOS-based computers created as a |
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> replacement to EDK2/Duet bootloader http://www.tianocore.org. |
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> I have a box running Duet, which is an UEFI implementation that can be |
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> launched by (eg.) the extlinux boot loader on a legacy BIOS system. |
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> Once Duet is launched, the system is mostly indistinguishable from a |
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> native UEFI system that has booted into it's UEFI firmware. |
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> From here, Duet can let the user go through menus to select an EFI |
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> executable to launch (a EFI-stub enabled kernel or some sort of boot |
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> loader), or it can automatically launch something based on existing |
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> configuration. |
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> 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFI#Features |
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I guess this can be seen as a BIOS chainloaded UEFI? |
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BTW, has anyone tried hackintosh in a VM? I am thinking of using AppleMac's |
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Mail program, when I can no longer run the legacy kmail application. A bit |
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drastic to have to load a whole VM just for mail, but I can't find another |
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client that suits. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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