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Which different operating systems will coreboot boot?

April 26, 2017boot coreboot different Operating Systems

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Which different operating systems will coreboot boot?

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coreboot should support almost any modern operating system which does not make BIOS calls: • Linux (of course) • Plan 9 • Windows 2000 (via SeaBIOS/ADLO) • Windows XP (via SeaBIOS) • Windows Vista (via SeaBIOS) • Windows 7 (Beta) (via SeaBIOS) • NetBSD (via SeaBIOS) coreboot does not natively support: • We have tested some of the BSD OSes and have seen, that FreeBSD for example makes BIOS calls, which is not supported by coreboot. Possibly with help of SeaBIOS, it may be possible to boot FreeBSD like it is now, but the right thing to do, is to remove FreeBSD’s dependence on BIOS calls. • Any DOS operating system (SeaBIOS might help) • Windows versions older than Windows 2000, as they make BIOS calls (SeaBIOS might help) • MenuetOS, as it makes BIOS calls (SeaBIOS might help) Please feel free to test booting any of the above using SeaBIOS and report to the coreboot mailing list.