port-i386: BSD needs BIOS?

Subject: BSD needs BIOS?
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@stockly.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/03/1999 10:56:16

If I program my own bootloader for the bsd kernel do I still need PC BIOS?

Does netbSD use the BIOS for anything besides INT19 (I think thats the boot
INT).

If so, I think I'll just make a bootloader that only does BSD kernels.  :)