[rescue] x86 vs. SPARC BIOSes (was: Small servers (was Re: WTT: 1.5G of PC2700 for 1G of PC100))

[Sevan / Venture37]

>> However, the reality is that x86 boxes are built to run Windows, and
Windows
>> assumes a keyboard, mouse, and hi-res bitmapped display.  So the x86 BIOS
>> writers can assume the same I/O will be available.  This is a major reason
>> why I favour SPARC machines -- they were never designed under this
>> assumption.
>
> How come no one has hacked together a "command line" BIOS?
>
> In the modern days, once a machine is setup I can't think of needing to go
> into the BIOS from remote. The OS handles things once it starts booting,
> and all of the Unixes have serial bios support.


what about linuxbios/coreboot
http://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot
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