that old GNU/Linux argument

[Antonio Olivares]

> > Do you know what the BIOS actually does?
> 
> Yep.  It loads the kernel and transfers control to it.  At
> times, it
> provides the kernel with essential information about the
> configuration
> of the system.  At times, in some cases, the kernel
> requests the BIOS
> to perform certain essential tasks.  That's about it.
> 
> Point is, if it's removed, the system won't boot
> up.  Which is
> perfectly along the same lines of, if the kernel is not
> there, the
> rest of the system can't come up.
It can come up if Mr. Stallman gets his way of either LinuxBIOS 

http://www.linuxbios.org/

 or OpenBIOS

http://www.openbios.info/

 to succeed.

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/28/1126226

> 
> -- 

too bad there is no GNU BIOS that can do the functions of a BIOS :(

Regards,

Antonio