From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Mar 21 17:17:59 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3422257CCCB for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 17:17:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Received: from mx1.riseup.net (mx1.riseup.net [198.252.153.129]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F3PTf33y9z3QK6 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 17:17:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Received: from fews1.riseup.net (fews1-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.83]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (not verified)) by mx1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F3PTd1cQyzDqBM for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 10:17:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=riseup.net; s=squak; t=1616347077; bh=rrb/L8PsRo+MYyX38MTZE9+VExOno1jOeZWr4UGDzXA=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=S660fhXvlT6YsI9xNQXtTf+RVJQ3i2oOxc1qlKyDnES9lu2WJJ7XJHfVX2kHXJQoy w0CZT2sLTtw0ZmJ/ylK24YBZ91mrnGdvZGkhWydnhFVK3AQh/dgSN87hRCAVzDRvXw 3VcxInEEdm5ZgeipbyeumftJclOTyf5+ssUFe1ag= X-Riseup-User-ID: 80C8457029F08C21BB09DB88B2B60A828913734902C5A7D9B522C2A7D1147134 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fews1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4F3PTc44K8z5wWc for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 10:17:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 18:17:55 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OS to replace FreeBSD Message-ID: <20210321181755.03d51ec9@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <6F32A6A4-9492-44A3-8CC0-684D5AEC5D45@kreme.com> References: <20210320132339.00004d9a@seibercom.net> <38EDD406-3EC4-4F71-B990-DDD1E753D091@kreme.com> <20210321113403.00004056@seibercom.net> <6F32A6A4-9492-44A3-8CC0-684D5AEC5D45@kreme.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4F3PTf33y9z3QK6 X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=riseup.net header.s=squak header.b=S660fhXv; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=riseup.net; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of ralf-mardorf@riseup.net designates 198.252.153.129 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=ralf-mardorf@riseup.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.60 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(0.00)[198.252.153.129:from]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[riseup.net:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[riseup.net,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[198.252.153.129:from]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16652, ipnet:198.252.153.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[198.252.153.129:from]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[riseup.net:s=squak]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(-1.00)[riseup.net:dkim]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[198.252.153.129:from:127.0.2.255]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 17:17:59 -0000 On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 10:48:59 -0600, @lbutlr wrote: >I am almost 100% positive this machine does not have BIOS at all; >modern Intel machines do not To me "BIOS" nowadays is a word for what ever thingy shows up after pushing the Del key or what ever key else, after turning on the computer, to get into the thingy. To show a green screen, I used this picture, I made this year in my flat [1]. In the shelf there's a book "PC INTERN 2.0" from Data Becker. Once upon a time, I've written software calling BIOS routs, something reasonable this time :D. [1] https://i.imgur.com/lAehEAZ.jpg