Bernhard Walle <bwalle at suse.de> writes: > * Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm at xmission.com> [2007-04-29 08:51]: >> >> It may also be worth investigating if it is possible to bypass >> the part of windows that uses BIOS calls. I really don't have >> a clue how a modern windows systems boots. > > I think ReactOS has a bootlader that can also boot Windows, or at > least they are close to booting the Windows kernel. That bootloader > could be then used for booting Windows without BIOS calls. > > I also heard that the 100-$-Laptop should now be able to use Windows. > As it's using LinuxBIOS, this could also be interesting. However, > maybe Microsoft simply modifies a special Windows for this, or they > integrate a ClosedSource part in that LinuxBIOS, I don't know ... :-( I know it isn't a ClosedSource part in LinuxBIOS. In any particular case you can work through the details, and make it work. The hard part is making the general case work. Eric
