Re: Everyone's SRM woes

[alvin <alvin iplink net>]

Jeff Sturm wrote:
> 
> alvin wrote:
> > Would it not be worth the while of the Alpha community to try and find a
> > single boot loader and get it working with all the various motherboards.
> > Somthing that the community as a whole can support. Right now there are
> > at least 4 different loaders with various levels of support.
> 
> Too bad MILO boots Linux only.  It could probably be adapted for BSD,
> but will never support Tru64/OpenVMS.
> 
> Hmm... it's been awhile since anybody mentioned OpenBoot:
> 
> http://www.lib.uaa.alaska.edu/axp-list/archive/1999-10/0088.html

OpenBoot would be another alternative. It has been a long time since  I
looked at the OpenBoot software. At that time although called Open it
was Sun propritary.

I saw an effort underway to develop an open soucre BIOS for PC's I
wonder if any of this could be used?


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