> IIRC, the VR-Linux kernel actually has support built into it to boot off
> of ROM and runs bare-metal to the z50.  I also recall reading that one of
> the VR-Linux guys did, in fact, get this to work by burning his own
> ROM.  So, I believe this *is* possible.
> 
> If this becomes more feasible, I would really like to see something like a
> generic boot-loader / power-management stub burned into the ROM so that it
> would work with multiple operating systems and would not be linked to a
> particular kernel or OS version (e.g. create an extended 'BIOS' of sorts
> on the ROM).

Linux BIOS Project may be adaptable to this. unfortunately, I don't know
squat about BIOSes & bootloaders, so I won't be much help...

Carl Soderstrom.
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