It is very easy to specify a custom external BIOS ROM
(Bfor VMware virtual machines --- just add the following line
(Bto a VM's config file:
(B
(Bbios440.filename = "path to the BIOS ROM file"
(B
(BThe BIOS has to support Intel 440BX chipset and in general
(Bdoesn't need significant changes to support the virtual chipset:
(Bwe do a good job emulating 440BX.
(B
(BDmitriy Budko, VMware
(B
(B
(B> -----Original Message-----
(B> From: Takeshi Sone
(B> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 8:30 PM
(B> To: Dmitriy Budko
(B> Subject: Re: Does anybody needs LinuxBIOS for VMware virtual machines?
(B>
(B>
(B> I had been using VMware to develop FILO.
(B> For that purpose I made FILO so it can be booted from GRUB.
(B> (VMware boots from normal (embedded) BIOS and loads GRUB)
(B>
(B> I'd always wanted to port LinuxBIOS to VMware.
(B> But I could not find the way to tell VMware to execute BIOS code
(B> other than the one that is embedded in the executable.
(B>
(B> If you just disclose such backdoor, people with interest
(B> might help you.
(B> --
(B> $B$=$M(J
(B_______________________________________________
(BLinuxbios mailing list
([email protected]
(Bhttp://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
