Ben Barrett wrote: > I like Linux on BIOS, but hearing about how many mobo's had to get > thrashed down at Los Alamos's ACL (by Matt) made me, well, scared. > I'm looking forward to some end-user-ready linux bios systems! > > I know it boots much faster, but why would you have to have a linux bios > (if you already do boot from CF) in order to have a 100% solid state > linux system? > > Ben > > PS - the main reason I saw for linux-bios was foreshortened boot > times... what were the others again?
The other advantage is that you don't have the kernel (and grub) taking up space on your CF disk. That's about it. Booting from CompactFlash is fine (and doesn't risk trashing your motherboard). -- Bob Miller K<bob> kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
