d6jg wrote: > There is firmware on a Pi - it is the equivalent to a PCs BIOS - why its > called firmware and not BIOS I am not sure.
Because "firmware" is the generic term for semi-permanently installed control software held in non-volatile memory. One specific kind of firmware is a boot loader - the firmware that allows the device to boot from a secondary device. On a PC, that boot loader is called "BIOS". The Raspberry pi has a simple first stage bootloader in ROM - that bootloader reads the second stage bootloader from the SD card. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104698 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
