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LinuxBIOS README
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LinuxBIOS is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary
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BIOS you can find in most of today's computers.
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It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes
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one of many possible payloads, e.g. a Linux kernel.
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Payloads
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After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any
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desired "payload" can be started by LinuxBIOS. Examples include:
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* A Linux kernel
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* FILO (a simple bootloader with filesystem support)
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2007-02-26 14:52:42 +01:00
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* GRUB2 (a free bootloader; support is in development)
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* OpenBIOS (a free IEEE1275-1994 Open Firmware implementation)
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* Open Firmware (a free IEEE1275-1994 Open Firmware implementation)
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* SmartFirmware (a free IEEE1275-1994 Open Firmware implementation)
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* GNUFI (a free, UEFI-compatible firmware)
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* Etherboot (for network booting and booting from raw IDE or FILO)
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* ADLO (for booting Windows 2000 or OpenBSD)
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* Plan 9 (a distributed operating system)
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* memtest86 (for testing your RAM)
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Supported Hardware
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LinuxBIOS supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.
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For details please consult:
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* http://www.linuxbios.org/Supported_Motherboards
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* http://www.linuxbios.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices
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Website and Mailing List
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Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development
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guidelines and more can be found on the LinuxBIOS website:
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http://www.linuxbios.org
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You can contact us directly on the LinuxBIOS mailing list:
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http://www.linuxbios.org/Mailinglist
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Copyright and License
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The copyright on LinuxBIOS is owned by quite a large number of individual
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developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details.
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LinuxBIOS is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
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Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)",
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and some files (mostly those derived from the Linux kernel) are licensed under
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the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects,
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other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual
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source files for details.
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