Microsoft tries to block Linux off Windows 8 PCs

[Walter Dnes]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:23:39AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote

> Well it only protected the boot sector when using BIOS calls.  Once DOS
> was replaced by a real OS with native drivers for the disk controller,
> the BIOS no longer had a say.  It used to be considered a protection
> from DOS boot sector viruses.

  Did linux installs use BIOS calls???

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