[linux-lvm] Recovering from a disaster...
Steven Dake
sdake at mvista.com
Fri Dec 6 19:48:02 UTC 2002
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>>Someday we'll even see PC-class machines without a BIOS.
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> Perhaps I misunderstand, but how does one boot without a BIOS?
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You could boot a PC class machine using EFI (which is really just a BIOS
on steroids). The nice thing about EFI is it isn't 16 bit, it can be
developed easily in C, and its much faster then all that legacy 16 bit
expansion rom PCI bootstrapping technique that really sucks.
-steve
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