Re: An Open Letter To The Linux Enthusiasts.
From: Ð¥ñØmü++ (mekamutt_at_blewfalcun.net)
Date: 06/14/05
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Date: 14 Jun 2005 20:20:58 GMT
Noah Roberts <nroberts@dontemailme.com> wrote in
<11at1nqscrp0k7e@corp.supernews.com>:
>Ð¥ñØmü++ wrote:
>> Noah Roberts <nroberts@dontemailme.com> wrote in
>> <11ap4dk6oahupe1@corp.supernews.com>:
>>
>>
>>>Dyn0 Mu77 wrote:
>
>>>>Since when does windoze require you to "turn off plug & play os in
>>
>> bios"?
>>
>>>Since when does Linux?
>>>
>>>I'm not calling you a liar.
>>
>>
>> Nicely hedged. Just in case I produce documentation to prove my point.
>
>http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Plug-and-Play-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.1
>
>Go ahead.
>
>You do NOT have to turn off plug and pray in the BIOS for Linux. It's a
>fact, get over it and move on.
Why such an emotional commitment to an OS?
>Not that it would be a major concern if
>you did...but you don't.
>
LOL! Good thing I brought along my hedge clippers...
>In fact, try this on for size:
>
>"If you also run these Windows OS's on the same PC, you should say that
>you don't have a PnP OS. That's what MS suggests you do."
>
>This is in fact true though I only verified for XP Pro:
>http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/e
n-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-
us/prdh_dmt_odlv.asp
>
>For all systems they suggest disabling the PnP OS option. There is only
>one type of system (granted most new ones fit the bill) for which it can
>be either way because Windows just ignores the setting and bypasses it.
> For all others:
>
>"The system BIOS assigns device resources prior to the loading of the
>operating system, and the Plug and Play BIOS setting must be
No/Disabled."
>
>The same site (on Linux, not the MS one) *suggests* that you say you
>don't have a PnP OS on later Linux kernels but I know that you do not
>have to. Linux works just fine either way and the website states this
>to be true in most cases.
>
ROTFLMAO! Heh...actually Ive read that its a Good Thing to disable PnP
for security reasons...on windoze hack sites no less.
>Thanks btw, I learned something useful. I didn't realize you were
>supposed to turn that off for any Windows OS less than 5 years old. I
>don't suppose you actually knew that either or you wouldn't have brought
>it up ;) So to answer your original question, "Since when does Windows
>require you shut off Plug and Play OS in the BIOS," your answer is not
>at all what you seemed to expect.
>
Glad to help you on your journey to enlightenment, young one :)
>What would you have won if you were right btw? How horrible is Windows
>NOW?
Its whats working on my pc as I type this. I'm still looking for the
linux distro than can do the same with as good-as performance.
>HAHAHAHAHA I'll say it for you, it doesn't matter one bit and in
>fact that option is going the way of the dinosaur.
>
Which option is that? Windoze is still dominating the desktop.
>Bye bye now.
>
Running away so soon?
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