Linux does not use bios and has its own routine to handle I/O like disk, video, printer etc. The bios still has these features to maintain the compatibility with old binaries of DOS world like digger (a game), basic, etc The latest PC can still run your old dos progies, due to these routines present in bios. Regards, Mukund Deshmukh Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd. Web site - http://betacomp.com
Regards, Mukund Deshmukh Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd. Web site - http://betacomp.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Harishankkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [LIH]Linux and BIOS calls > Hi mukund, > Thanks for the reply. You had mentioned that linux does not use BIOS calls in > its drivers in PC. But you had also mentioned that it is still there fot the > sake of cpmpatibility with old binaries. If so in which source file is the > BIOS services transferred to memory? > > Thank you once again, > Harishankkar > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
