Just curious, what BIOS images are you building?

alecco · on Oct 29, 2021

I mean building a bootable image compatible with UEFI vs compatible with BIOS. Not building UEFI nor BIOS.

Like creating an "EFI System Partition" (FAT-based) or having a simple BIOS bootloader (usually with 2 stages, MBR + partition). With UEFI, it feels like you are booting an extra OS in between.

UEFI brings a lot of logic to the firmware. If you just want to boot one OS it's overkill, IMHO.

guerrilla · on Oct 29, 2021

Oh you mean disk image; I was thinking ROM image. Yeah, it does seem to be very large and seemingly much of it unnecessary for booting. I wonder what led to that situation. It seems more like a replacement for the BIOS and DOS, not just the BIOS. I am surprised we don't see more people using it like that just for fun.