Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 22:20:49 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd bios. Message-ID: <200006190520.WAA06363@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:49:36 %2B0900." <394DA660.F3D623E1@newsguy.com>
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> > My mistake, as Ron pointed out, since loader uses the BIOS services, it > > can't run when there is no BIOS. Now if someone writes a loader that > > doesn't use a BIOS... > > Err... how is a loader that doesn't use BIOS going to access the hard > disk? I truly hope the answer is not to the effect of requiring > shitloads of drivers. Yup. Including a driver for each different motherboard (or in some cases, each motherboard family). -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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