From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net ([207.108.112.1]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 168sAg-0004pW-00 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 19:01:50 -0500 Received: (qmail 194 invoked by uid 50); 28 Nov 2001 00:01:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 182 invoked by uid 0); 28 Nov 2001 00:01:52 -0000 Received: from tcsndslgw4poold213.tcsn.uswest.net (HELO lightstar) (65.100.98.213) by tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net with SMTP; 28 Nov 2001 00:01:52 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Jason To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Loadlin question Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:02:37 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01112717023700.24380@lightstar> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: AFAIK no, there's no difference. they both kick out the BIOS and any "real-mode" programs that are running, the only difference is the method used, LILO uses native code and a few BIOS vectors, loadlin uses VCPI. On Tuesday November 27, 2001 04:34 pm, you wrote: > Hi. > Is there > any difference in system resource availability if I load Linux from a dos > prompt as oposed to loading Linux right from the Lilo prompt? > Just curious. > Later