Re:Writing a Bootloader
by pjmlp on Friday October 20, 2017 @05:14AM
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Yep.
Back in the early days of GNU/Linux, getting X to run could kill your monitor.
Another example, many hard drive controllers used to blindly move their heads to whatever position they were told, even if it was an incorrect position. In the old days you also had to use something like PC Tools to park the heads before moving the computer.
Back in the early days of GNU/Linux, getting X to run could kill your monitor.
Another example, many hard drive controllers used to blindly move their heads to whatever position they were told, even if it was an incorrect position. In the old days you also had to use something like PC Tools to park the heads before moving the computer.