En Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 04:22:44AM +0800, Rafael R. Sevilla escribio:
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#_ No, it does not. In fact, most BIOSes are there only so that you can boot
#_ DOS on your computer, and when you deal with nonstandard devices they
#_ usually screw up the configuration so badly that they actually get in the
#_ way rather than help.
#_
#_ In fact, the only BIOS that Linux would require nowadays is basically
#_ APM, ISA-PnP, and VGA, and much of these are redundant and/or unnecessary
#_ for many configurations.
#_
#_ The primary motivation for the Linux BIOS was to make configuration of the
#_ large clusters that the Advanced Computing Laboratory at Los Alamos
#_ National Laboratory easier to manage. Makes it a helluvalot easier to set
#_ up diskless workstations and the like, as well as simplifying remote
#_ configuration.
Another use of the bios is to be able to overclock your cpu without using
jumpers. :->
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