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In-Depth Look At LinuxBIOS
DrSkwid writes "With PhoenixBIOS reading your email because of such inordinate boot up times for Windows and other OSs, it was remarked in #plan9 about our 5s boot times using LinuxBIOS. My friend f2f pasted an article from Linux Journal which looks at the basic structure of LinuxBIOS, the origins of LinuxBIOS and how it evolved to its current state. It also covers the platforms supported and the lessons they have learned about trying to marry a GPL project to some of the lowest-level, most heavily guarded secrets that vendors possess."
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Is anyone else getting the Google adsense banner ad with a guy who looks like Christopher Lowell? Creeps me out every time.
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Parent is blatantly trolling
Use lots of flashy words, and some idiot mod is bound to mod it up as Insightful or Interesting.
Boy would I love to see a beowulf of those things! Oh wait...
What were those boys thinking?
Sorry, that wasn't very freindly of me.
long boot times??
what ever. please stop comparing 233 MHz pc loading 50 milion startup apps to a system that wasnt configured by a retard.
I've used 2.x Ghz P4 that can boot in less time than that!
There is a mythical bird called a PhOEnix. There is no such thing as a PhEOnix.
If you can't find something, you didn't LOOSE it. Something that's loose is not tight or restrained. A zoo animal gets loose. A bolt gets loose. If you misplace something, you LOSE it.
And rouge is NOT a term meaning someone similar to a thief. You're looking for rogue. Rouge is the red MAKE-UP women put on their cheeks! Next person who talks about rouge without actually meaning makeup should be forced to go to work/school/LAN parties for the next month wearing the stuff!
And the only person who finds the term 'Micro$oft' funny is yourself. Everyone else knows you're busy trying to be a script kiddie.
For best results, please insert the following code into your linux sources at line 563 in init/main.c (any version):
printk("<0>YOU FAIL IT!!\n");
((char *)0) = 0;
Recompile, delete old kernel versions and use the resulting kernel. Enjoy!
I'm posting anonymously for obvious reasons.
My name is Darl, this is my brother Darl, this is my other brother Darl. I am the CEO to a small software company known as SCO. I've been involved in providing real world software solutions to the enterprise.
One company we do business with put qutie a bit of the SysV system into the Linux, only to find that the finished result of this placement was never used. The reason they gave was security.
The SCO company looked at the code Linux imported and said "riddled with security holes" and sent LINUX packing. I felt really sorry for him, because Linus did not write any of the security riddled code.
Perhaps the LINUX should be kept as simple as possible, as we do not want the ability for worms to reprogram the LINUX and make the computer unbootable.
Until then, give me your $699 to run this security riddled code that is our property.
That ain't the Queen's English you're speakin' son.
Fuck you.
no, flamebait post.