Feb. 17, 1998
1:10 a.m.
Hi!
Let me start by saying that I've never really investigated the BIOS before, so I may make some false assumptions below. Please point out the errors of my ways.
Me too!! I've got a pretty good idea how things work, but do x86 asm. I'm also unsure about some of the memory limitations, and what, if anything, does the BIOS do once a protected mode OS starts.
Under linux, bios is not used (well, with exceptions of APM). Other 'systems' switch into v86 mode to call bios functions. Pavel -- I'm really pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz. Pavel Look at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/ ;-). --- OpenBIOS -- http://www.linkscape.net/openbios/ openbios-request@linkscape.net Body: un/subscribe Problems? dcinege@psychosis.com