W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
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<The APIC support in both windows and linux works just fine, but
windows has the option to turn APIC off on installation.>
I didn't know that Linux has APIC support?
It does have APIC support (though maybe he speaks of ACPI as I don't
even know if windows bothers to mention APIC vs. PIC). It is a compile
time option for uniprocessor kernels, and always on for SMP kernels.
So it's configurable, but not at runtime.
As for most things, you'd be surprised how configurable the kernel is,
even at runtime. However, most distributions don't mention them except
in the help guides for fear or overwhelming the new users. Of course
all kernel options are documented in the "Documentation" directory under
the Linux kernel source tree.
Regarding the size comment before: you obviously haven't been introduced
to the "mini-distros". I personally have a firewall/network appliance
bootdisk that has most things your average networker would want... It
fits on a single floppy.
--MonMotha
