SUCCESS! [was Re: lilo failed--HELP]

[der.hans]

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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