On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Bourdon, Bruce wrote:
> I meant that the original HDD (the one with Linux installed) is
> electrically and physically disconected and located on the other side of
> the room (i.e. FAR!).
I'm with the others: I think the guy is either mistaken on this, or fibbing
outright.
> Thats why we wondered if it was in the BIOS prom...
While this is theoretically possible, and has been the subject of several
discussions and even a project or two (search for "OpenBIOS" on the 'net), it
has never, to my knowledge, been done on a "standard" PC. It would mean
replacing the existing BIOS, which LILO actually requires to work. So it
would be a major undertaking.
(As an aside: On the Alpha platform, the MILO loader is actually designed to
be blown into flash ROM and replace the standard Alpha boot monitor. But that
is another system completely.)
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