Re: running linux voids warranty?

From: Unruh (unruh-spam_at_physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 07/04/05

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    Date: 4 Jul 2005 16:47:23 GMT
    
    

    "Poly-poly man" <pyrophobicman@gmail.com> writes:

    >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
    >won't Mandrake, Mandriva, Fedora, Debian, or even the OLD RedHats! The
    >one version that works is RH9, which names those files differently.
    >Someone told me that I can get a $250 bios update to allow linux to be
    >used. Any Ideas?
    >poly-p man

    Sorry, that makes no sense at all. What has the bios to do with initrd.
    The bios boot loader simply loads absolute disk segments. It knows nothing about
    file systems, names, whatever.


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