Hi! > > 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 do not think OLPC is using linuxBIOS these days. What they have certainly looks like Sun's ROM monitor. -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html