Microsoft tries to block Linux off Windows 8 PCs

[James Knott]

Walter Dnes wrote:
> 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???
>
>    

As I understand it, the BIOS calls were so limited that multitasking 
operating systems bypass it entirely.  Even with DOS, it was often 
ignored because of poor performance.

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