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On 2012-01-05 12:46, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> I switch on a modern computer and it: |
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> - loads a feature rich OS (UEFI) from a fixed point in firmware which |
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> then |
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> - loads a feature rich OS (grub2) from a fixed point on a storage |
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> device which then |
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This is a precise argument why coreboot (and filo for grub(n)) is |
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needed... Unfortunately it's not widely available for consumers... :-( |
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I do have a couple of motherboards with switchable flash roms that I |
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intend to get coreboot on, "when I can find the time"... sigh... |
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> - loads a feature rich OS (initrd) from a variable location on a |
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> storage device which then |
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Haven't used this since I got rid of Redhat 5.x (or maybe it was |
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6.x?)... and never will again even if that means going the non-linux route. |
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> - loads the real OS (the thing I actually wanted). |
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> So, let's see now. I need 4 OSes to get one. Wow. If a design engineer |
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> pulled that stunt in almost any other field of technology, he'd be |
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> laughed out of Dodge in a heartbeat. |
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Couldn't agree more! |
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> Methinks someone (many someones) completely lost the plot a long time |
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> ago. |
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Yes, and we're continuing along that path, it seems. |
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Best regards |
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Peter K |
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