olpc booting with linuxbios

In this video, you can see the olpc boot in about 10 seconds, the first boot is linuxbios loading a kernel from the BIOS FLASH part (no disk!), then you can see the pretty OLPC boot icons. By the time you see the boot icons, Linux has been up and running for some time — it takes longer for the USB to be ready than for LinuxBIOS to boot Linux. Next, I hit return and you can see it boot another kernel. Again, the big delay is waiting for the all-solid-state USB key to be ready. USB storage …

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15 Responses

  1. Vnix says:

    Uber.

  2. tyhgcengshcf says:

    its a pretty bad pc

  3. moultie says:

    wow…what a narrow minded view of the internet’s capabilities….furthermore, im sure the models going to actual schools will have some sort of filter (probably a “white list” type filter”)

  4. Jwp315 says:

    are you booting the kernel using a USB mass storage device?

  5. Jwp315 says:

    lol

  6. Jwp315 says:

    its amazing what u can do with 100$ these days xD

  7. Zejex15 says:

    now people in africa can se porn !!! One Laptop Per CHild (to watch porn) -.- stupid

  8. suprememind says:

    damn, I hope this thing be released soon, ’cause bios with DRM and even with Palladium is coming sooner than we think!

  9. usacomputertec says:

    I tried getting an eval kit but they won’t let me participate in evaluation and helping them for some reason they ignore me.

  10. suprememind says:

    Linuxbios rockest chip eva!

  11. ropiku says:

    I wish it was commercially available so I could play with it.

  12. ced117fr says:

    great

  13. kambingbetula says:

    OLPC is rock…. it will bring Linux to whole world….

  14. silverbakuk says:

    respect

  15. SarahC2 says:

    The “One Laptop Per Child” initiative is a fantastic project, and I really hope it works out. =)

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