In message <000001c4b0ea$6137f6f0$2715990a@C04909>, Ricardo Chen writes:
>Has anybody any experience to use NetBSD on an IA32 based embedded
>system without BIOS?  Can I simply use a boot loader to replace PC BIOS
>to load and run the kernel? I searched the list and also read the source
>code idn't find enough hint to say can or cannot... If someone has the
>experience, could you please give me some help?

I have used NetBSD on IA32 systems which use a BIOS which isn't the same
as the standard "PC BIOS".  But you still need SOMETHING in ROM which the
system runs at startup.

Be a hero; get Open Firmware running on x86.  :P

-s