Re: running linux voids warranty?

From: Peter T. Breuer (ptb_at_oboe.it.uc3m.es)
Date: 07/04/05 

Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 14:22:19 +0200

In comp.os.linux.misc Poly-poly man <pyrophobicman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Talking about B@@@SH@@ computer manufacturers, My HP Desktop is STUPID!
> The Bios blocks initrd and a few other things! Knoppix won't work, as

If you mean that the bios does not support loading ramdisk from disk,
the linux kernel does not use such bios calls. Ramdisks are loaded ONLY
when the kernel has finished loading, and by then it is using its own
ide disk driver, not the bios.

So revise your panicky notions to match common sense and reality. If
you have a problem, it is not the hysterical "my washing machine won't
let me use linux" problem that your fluttery mind thinks you have!

Peter

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