Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752323AbbELARG (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 May 2015 20:17:06 -0400 Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:35797 "EHLO mail-ob0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751298AbbELARE (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 May 2015 20:17:04 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20150511221145.GC4434@amd> References: <20150511221145.GC4434@amd> Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 21:17:03 -0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: boot loader From: Thiago Farina To: Pavel Machek Cc: linux list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 745 Lines: 23 Hi Pavel, On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Pavel Machek wrote: > On Tue 2015-04-28 12:12:26, Thiago Farina wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Does the kernel include a simple boot loader like FreeBSD does? > > Long time ago, Linux included ability to boot from floppy on PC. Not > any more, IIRC. Yeah. Maybe it was a right decision from Linus to isolate, focus and work solely on kernel and not including everything else (like FreeBSD does) that makes a usable system. Regards, -- Thiago Farina -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/