Cocoy Dayao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> there are some who've been able to run linux on an intel mac using
> bootcamp. its a bit of a hack... largely because macs use efi and PCs
> use old fashioned bios.

The only BIOS bits that the kernel really needs (indirectly) is the boot
sequence. Everything else is gravy.

Particularly, once the kernel gains control, the kernel doesn't use the
BIOS *at all*, with certain (non-critical) exceptions. *And*, you can
use ELILO for booting.

-- 
JM Ibanez
Senior Software Engineer
Orange & Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co.

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