@JTskulk@lemmy.world to Software Gore@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agoThe BIOS is part of your operating system and pee is stored in the balls.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down145file-text
arrow-up1103arrow-down1imageThe BIOS is part of your operating system and pee is stored in the balls.lemmy.world@JTskulk@lemmy.world to Software Gore@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@JTskulk@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish-7•7 months agoNah, the BIOS is what launches the operating system, therefor they are separate.
minus-square@hglman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•7 months agoThe machine can’t operate without the bios. It’s part of the operating system.
minus-square@PixxlMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•7 months agoThat’s not what operating system means. In fact, you do not need one. You can run programs directly on the bare metal, it’s just really difficult too coordinate tasks that way.
Nah, the BIOS is what launches the operating system, therefor they are separate.
Technically the bootloader launches the OS.
The machine can’t operate without the bios. It’s part of the operating system.
That’s not what operating system means. In fact, you do not need one. You can run programs directly on the bare metal, it’s just really difficult too coordinate tasks that way.