[SeaBIOS] OS that don't work?

[Fred .]

Why does not Windows 98 work with SeaBIOS?
Is it because Windows 98 sucks and is buggy and does not adhere to BIOS?
Or is it because SeaBIOS doesn't do what it is supposed to do?

On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Kevin O'Connor <kevin at koconnor.net> wrote:
> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 10:41:32PM +0200, nap wrote:
>> Le 26/05/2012 14:06, Fred . a écrit :
>> > Is there any x86 operating system that SeaBIOS can not boot?
>> > Why?
>> >
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>> SeaBIOS is not currently (1.6.3) fully able to boot W98SE.
>>
>> That is just for information, I am in fact quite happy to be able to use
>> a new box with W98SE.
>> I am currently upgrading from a quite old and deceased box with W98SE on
>> it to a QEMU/SeaBIOS brand new box.
>> After some expected difficulties mostly linked to get proper
>> information, I am now trying to assess the interaction between
>> QEMU/Seabios and W98SE. I can say that during the upgrade process, W98SE
>> recognize SeaBIOS as "BIOS Plug-and-Play", something new to install but
>> W98SE consider it as not functioning properly.
>
> If you're willing to compile SeaBIOS, you could try disabling the
> plug-and-play support (make menuconfig -> BIOS interfaces -> PnP BIOS
> interface).
>
> -Kevin
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