On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 12:49:25PM +0530, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > how far this is correct. AFAIK any OS will communicate with > > h/w thru bios only. can any body show more light on this. > > Linux does not use BIOS for anything. Otherwise it woulde be an > elder cousin of dos...;-) > > --__--__-- ---end quoted text---
After the kernel loads it is almost the rule except for certain services like APM which needs BIOS support. In the pre kernel load stage (e.g. in LILO) BIOS calls are are obviously needed. Bish. -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Lesser used commands (split) LOST #168 For breaking large files to small chunks, there is already an utility called "split". see man for usage. It breaks a large file into smaller userdefined chunks with the names xaa, xab, xac ... To rejoin them, do: '$cat x* > filename' ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
