Bootp is still BIOS dependent....... (something has to load the OS code, and
that is a BIOS). It just isn't dependent the same way that an ATA-66 drive
is.
As for bootp not talking to a drive--no, you are right it doesn't _exactly_
talk to a drive, although the data has to be stored on some sort of mass
storage device anyway. In any case even if the OS is on a huge ROM
somewhere, it can still be classified as a "drive" in a very loose sense
.(So far as the system BIOS is concerned under x86, it is always seen as a
file or stream of some sort....no matter what "it" is.) ;^)
Drew Northup, N1XIM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Kenneth C. Arnold
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 9:42 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [plex86] BIOS in guest?
>
>
> According to Drew Northup (sometime around Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at
> 01:44:26AM -0500):
> > As far as x86 is concerned, all bootloaders need the BIOS to some extent
> > (there is not one single bootloader, to my knowledge, that can
> get away with
> > loading an OS without being able to talk to the drives......;^) ).
>
> Boot over bootp? There don't even have to be drives in the system for
> that case.
>
> --
> Kenneth Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / kcarnold / Linux user #180115
> http://arnoldnet.net/~kcarnold/
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