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#472017 - 05/23/07 06:22 PM Good bye PC BIOS? [Re: Anonymous]
TCPMeta MacModder Registered: 11/15/07 Posts: 1797 Loc: Florida, USA	I was trying to find a howto on making podzilla skins for my iPod and I came across this. http://swik.net/LinuxBIOS _________________________ To live is to let die
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#472018 - 05/23/07 08:05 PM Re: Good bye PC BIOS? [Re: Anonymous]
oojacoboo Registered: 02/29/04 Posts: 1468	I just wonder about hardware support... _________________________ "Fix it 'til it Breaks." Jacob - EiC & Director of Technology Mac Pro Quad 2.66 - 4GB RAM 160 GB SATA RAID 1 - 650 GB Storage Quad 19" Widescreen LCDs Accessorized to the Hilt
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#472019 - 05/24/07 05:33 AM Re: Good bye PC BIOS? [Re: Anonymous]
TCPMeta MacModder Registered: 11/15/07 Posts: 1797 Loc: Florida, USA	You can change the hardware configurations in the terminal or recompile the kernel modules with different hardware settings. Other then that Linux doesn't need a BIOS. Just needs a bootloader and the kernel acts as hardware support. _________________________ To live is to let die
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