From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Apr 27 15:17:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA23270 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:17:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA23209 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:17:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA01500; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:16:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) Message-Id: <199804272216.RAA01500@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Andreessen: Linux use growing In-Reply-To: <19980427173211.55066@follo.net> from Eivind Eklund at "Apr 27, 98 05:32:11 pm" To: eivind@yes.no (Eivind Eklund) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:16:42 -0500 (EST) Cc: bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk, jack@germanium.xtalwind.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Eivind Eklund said: > 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. > Or restore console state after a crash while running X windows? :-). -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message