Hi,
I remember to have heard some rumor about Microsoft considering to use
the internal NAND as swapping, thus killing any OS that may be
installed there.
This would mean that by dual-boot we are talking about having two SD
cards each with a different OS?
Regards,
Tomeu
On Sat, May 17, 2008
On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 17:32 -0500, Robert Myers wrote:
I just saw the Microsoft video of an XO running XP. In it the XO single
boots from an 'insyde' BIOS. The MS guy says that XP doesn't fit on the
flash, and is installed on an SD card. In this case, I'd guess the flash
is just being used
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 11:56:27AM +0200, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
I remember to have heard some rumor about Microsoft considering to use
the internal NAND as swapping, thus killing any OS that may be
installed there.
That would be disappointing. Can OFW hide the internal NAND when booting
Windows
Ok, Here's where it gets scary.
That being said, I believe Bill G is a prime example of 'Daniel
Plainview' capitalism -- it's not enough for him to win, everyone
else has to lose. So OLPC has to be careful.
NN said in his release
Open Firmware V2, the free and open source BIOS, is now
Robert Myers rmyers7 at mindspring.com writes:
I just saw the Microsoft video of an XO running XP. In it the XO single
boots from an 'insyde' BIOS. The MS guy says that XP doesn't fit on the
flash, and is installed on an SD card. In this case, I'd guess the flash
is just being used as a
Robert Myers wrote:
I just saw the Microsoft video of an XO running XP. In it the XO single
boots from an 'insyde' BIOS. The MS guy says that XP doesn't fit on the
flash, and is installed on an SD card. In this case, I'd guess the flash
is just being used as a home for the BIOS.
The
Richard,
Sorry.
1) I knew about the separate memory for the firmware. I've reloaded it
often enough :-). I was more interested in publishing that thinking
deeply about how the XO works.
2) Again, sorry about my loose use of language. I should know better,
and try to be more precise. However,
