* Bart Trojanowski <bart [ at ] jukie [ dot ] net> [071003 12:15]: > * William Case <billlinux [ at ] rogers [ dot ] com> [071003 11:55]: > > > http://www.osdata.com/system/physical/memmap.htm > > > > Thanks. Shows layouts for DOS and MAC. I assume that re: Bios Linux OS > > would be the same as DOS, because the code is stored before any OS > > begins ?? > > Linux only calls 3 BIOS services (if you don't use APM) and then forgets > BIOS ever existed. To clarify that was supposed to say that Linux always calls a few BIOS functions during init, and after that it may call APM BIOS functions. If you use ACPI, or no power management, it does not use the BIOS. -Bart -- WebSig: http://www.jukie.net/~bart/sig/