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http://sysdoc.pair.com/bios.html
How-to guides, general information, upgrades, identifying motherboards, links!
http://www.sysopt.com/bios.html
Project goal: be a central gathering point for BIOS firmware code that can be used to initialize and boot various services. At first, due to the large scope of the project, it will likely only boot a Linux kernel on a few chipsets. Later, it may be a full BIOS substitute for many popular motherboards.
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F r e e B I O S S project is to be a central gathering point for BIOS firmware code which can be used to initialize and boot various services. Initially, due to the large scope of the project, FreeBIOS will likely only boot the Linux kernel...BIOS for PowerPC based embedded systems; developed, released by AG Electronics; supports PPC 750 (G3), 7400 (G4); AG Electronics TPE4, Motorola Sandpoint. Modular, Ethernet boots. Download, email support. [Open Source, GPL]
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GBIOS Home Page S was developed and released under the GPL by us as a service to the embedded community. It makes a great counterpart to the Linux OS, giving developers the option of completely open source software throughout their system. GBIOS Features:...Project page: summary, developers, downloads, news, forum.
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SourceForge.net: FreeBIOS Provide feedback on this page Recently changed page Site Status SF.net Projects FreeBIOS Summary FreeBIOS Stats RSS Summary Admin Home Page Tracker Bugs Patches Feature Requests Mail Tasks Screenshots News CVS Files Sponsored Downloads About FreeBIOS The FreeBIOS project aims...Description, links, contacts.
http://www.gnu.org/directory/Sof..._development_tasks/openbios.html
Open source Los Alamos Laboratory project to replace normal BIOS with a little hardware initialization and compressed Linux kernel that boots from power-on, and have OS control a cluster node from power-on. Needs few parts to boot, fast (3 sec.), freedom from proprietary (buggy) code. Support by many vendors in performance and embedded computing markets.
http://www.linuxbios.org/