Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:32:11 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk, jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Andreessen: Linux use growing Message-ID: <19980427173211.55066@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95q.980427150406.23293A-100000@red.csi.cam.ac.uk>; from Ben Cohen on Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 03:04:48PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980427095851.13346A-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> <Pine.SOL.3.95q.980427150406.23293A-100000@red.csi.cam.ac.uk>
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On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 03:04:48PM +0100, Ben Cohen wrote: > >> > Windows 95 is not an OS because it still runs on "top" of DOS, M$ > >> > doesn't admit, but I would not consider it a technicality. > >> > >> Ridiculous! Windows 95 uses only the BIOS/DOS when native code cannot > >> be used. Even FreeBSD uses the BIOS for certain things, are you saying > >> that FreeBSD isn't an OS because of that? > > Does FreeBSD use the BIOS for anything other than booting up and > installation? No, not at the moment, unless you count APM. There has just been added code to allow further use of the BIOS; this might result in fall-back drivers, allowing you to boot from a BIOS-supported disk without a FreeBSD-specific driver. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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