Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Killing off the boot sector (was: [STATUS 2.5] January 8, 2002) | Date | 8 Jan 2003 16:06:27 -0800 |
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Followup to: <200301082123.h08LNXSY003383@darkstar.example.net> By author: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Shouldn't that part stay, incase somebody boots a machine from a > floppy, and leaves it running for hours? >
No; interrupts are enabled so the BIOS will time out the floppy and turn off the motor if necessary. The only reason Linux (sort of) needs that code is because the kernel takes control away from the BIOS. I say "sort of" because it really only matters if the kernel doesn't have a floppy driver.
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