<story><title>The weird Hewlett Packard FreeDOS option</title><url>https://blog.tmm.cx/2022/05/15/the-very-weird-hewlett-packard-freedos-option/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jchw</author><text>And then there’s another OS: UEFI.&lt;p&gt;Something I recently joked about doing was porting SDL to  the UEFI environment and then building DOSBOX for it. I’m sure someone has already done this in some fashion, but the idea was amusing enough for me to genuinely consider it one of these weekends. I guess in &lt;i&gt;that&lt;/i&gt; case, though, you can’t really run FreeDOS.</text></comment>
<story><title>The weird Hewlett Packard FreeDOS option</title><url>https://blog.tmm.cx/2022/05/15/the-very-weird-hewlett-packard-freedos-option/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ndiddy</author><text>I’m guessing they’re doing this because modern x86 processors can’t boot into BIOS mode anymore (edit: untrue, see reply by dmitrygr). This makes me wonder why they’re even offering FreeDOS as an option when they offer Linux for customers who don’t wish to purchase a Windows license. Maybe they have some sort of contractual obligation with a large customer?</text></comment>