Re: bios q

["Jens B. Jorgensen" <jjorgens@bdsinc.com>]

Koyote wrote:

> I'm rebuilding a 486/33 to be our internet server (when I get that
> far...)
>
> The cmos setup isn't handling the hdd (1 gig), nor the cdrom- I've
> heard that  Linux bypasses the system setup, or it can use devices in
> spite of it. How much of this is true?

This is indeed all true. However, LILO, the most commonly used boot utility, relies
(as it must) on BIOS calls to load the kernel into memory and start the system. You
may have to rely on a floppy to boot the system. Once the thing is booted you don't
need the BIOS.

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Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com