> too bad we can't generate a linux version of the bios. perhaps things
> would work better (call it lios).
Already being worked on, there's a linux bios project, and an open bios
project (maybe more that I don't know of). They even workon some
motherboards already.
--Nick
>
> 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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