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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!news.thenet.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!205.230.225.2!news.BSDI.COM!news.nero.net!not-for-mail From: Steve Logue <logue@engr.orst.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin Subject: Re: Linux, Bsd Against NT bullshit Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 03:15:42 -0800 Organization: Network for Education and Research in Oregon Lines: 26 Message-ID: <32EDDFDE.5B400DA3@engr.orst.edu> References: <5c08da$r2t@nntp1.best.com> <5c30ac$9v1@web.nmti.com> <5c4oo2$jad@nntp1.best.com> <32ED4E69.6D70602A@engr.orst.edu> <5ck713$da@cynic.portal.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: logues.rhn.orst.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; U; Linux 2.0.28 i586) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:1928 Curt Sampson wrote: > > In article <32ED4E69.6D70602A@engr.orst.edu>, > Steve Logue <logue@engr.orst.edu> wrote: > > >Linux...is not at all progressing towards secrecy, and being a commercial > >offering.....There are no requisite tools that are commercial either. > > Oh, so the ARC boot loader for the Red Hat version of GNU/Linux is > not `requisite'? How do you start the system, then? > > cjs > -- > Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ > Internet Portal Services, Inc. > Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil. HEH since when was ARC, which is Firmware (read BIOS for the DEC Alpha) considered part of the OS? But to answer your question, read the RedHat manual which I have right in front of me, and which is online, and you will find that you can load MILO directly from your system's firmware. ARC is not used with Linux for Intel or Sparc platforms. I am assuming this is what you mean by ARC, and that you are referring to the AXP platform. -STEVEl