From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Apr 27 08:32:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA04132 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 08:32:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA04102 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 08:32:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA27015; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:32:13 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id RAA02853; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:32:12 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980427173211.55066@follo.net> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:32:11 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk, jack Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Andreessen: Linux use growing References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Ben Cohen on Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 03:04:48PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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