too bad we can't generate a linux version of the bios. perhaps things
would work better (call it lios).
Technomage Hawke
"der.hans" wrote:
>
> Am 28. Jul, 2001 schwäzte Michael J. Schweppe so:
>
> > What does have my curiosity though is how did Linux find the drive
> > when it was not listed in the CMOS? A mute point, but if someone
> > knows I'd be interested.
>
> x86 firmware, aka bios, really, really sucks. Traditionally it gives the
> wrong information and doesn't know what's going on. The way I understand it
> is that Linux boots up, takes the chewed up newspaper from bios, says nice
> doggy and throws it out ASAP. At that point it goes off on a hardware
> discovery tour and figures out how the box is really setup.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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