Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Uwe Hermann <uwe@debian.org> * Package name : linuxbios Version : 0.0+svn2006xxyy Upstream Author : http://linuxbios.org/index.php/Contributors * URL : http://linuxbios.org/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C, assembler Description : Free Software BIOS implementation LinuxBIOS is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the normal BIOS with a little bit of hardware initialization and a compressed Linux kernel that can be booted from a cold start. . Features: * Fast boot times (current fastest is 3 seconds) * Freedom from proprietary (buggy) BIOS code * Possibility to execute various payloads (kernel, Etherboot, OpenBIOS) * ... . Note that, on newer systems, there need be no moving parts at all. Uwe. -- Uwe Hermann http://www.hermann-uwe.de http://www.it-services-uh.de | http://www.crazy-hacks.org http://www.holsham-traders.de | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org
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