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So am I to understand that now, instead of using lilo or grub, I'll be able to just visit http://www.bootstraploader.com from the BIOS and follow the links to download (or read from disk cache) my OS of choice and then boot into it?
I guess the links would look something like this:
Linux --> 2.4 --> 2.4.18 --> Download
or
Windows --> Windows XP --> Windows XP Professional --> Windows XP Professional Upgrade from Windows 2000 --> Authorize Microsoft to Scan Your Hard Drives for Qualifying Product --> Authorize Microsoft to Debit Your Checking Account By $229.99 --> Download
So am I to understand that now, instead of using lilo or grub, I'll be able to just visit http://www.bootstraploader.com from the BIOS and follow the links to download (or read from disk cache) my OS of choice and then boot into it?
I guess the links would look something like this:
Linux --> 2.4 --> 2.4.18 --> Download
or
Windows --> Windows XP --> Windows XP Professional --> Windows XP Professional Upgrade from Windows 2000 --> Authorize Microsoft to Scan Your Hard Drives for Qualifying Product --> Authorize Microsoft to Debit Your Checking Account By $229.99 --> Download
Isn't it amazing that a ubiquitous software company's (MS) ill-designed (SMB), poorly implemented (NETBios) system for exposing resources to a network has become so pervasive and constricting that the IT industry starts giving _high_ _honors_ to an open-source product (Samba) that essentially embodies an acknowledgment that SMB will not evolve into something more sensible (NFS, for example) any time soon?
So what should the authors say at the acceptance ceremony?
"Thanks Microsoft. We couldn't have done it without you!"
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==== oops -- trying again with improved formatting ====>>>>
So am I to understand that now, instead of using lilo or grub, I'll be able to just visit http://www.bootstraploader.com from the BIOS and follow the links to download (or read from disk cache) my OS of choice and then boot into it?
I guess the links would look something like this:
Linux --> 2.4 --> 2.4.18 --> Download
or
Windows --> Windows XP --> Windows XP Professional --> Windows XP Professional Upgrade from Windows 2000 --> Authorize Microsoft to Scan Your Hard Drives for Qualifying Product --> Authorize Microsoft to Debit Your Checking Account By $229.99 --> Download
So am I to understand that now, instead of using lilo or grub, I'll be able to just visit http://www.bootstraploader.com from the BIOS and follow the links to download (or read from disk cache) my OS of choice and then boot into it? I guess the links would look something like this: Linux --> 2.4 --> 2.4.18 --> Download or Windows --> Windows XP --> Windows XP Professional --> Windows XP Professional Upgrade from Windows 2000 --> Authorize Microsoft to Scan Your Hard Drives for Qualifying Product --> Authorize Microsoft to Debit Your Checking Account By $229.99 --> Download
Isn't it amazing that a ubiquitous software company's (MS) ill-designed (SMB), poorly implemented (NETBios) system for exposing resources to a network has become so pervasive and constricting that the IT industry starts giving _high_ _honors_ to an open-source product (Samba) that essentially embodies an acknowledgment that SMB will not evolve into something more sensible (NFS, for example) any time soon? So what should the authors say at the acceptance ceremony? "Thanks Microsoft. We couldn't have done it without you!"