Linux boot process on x86 machines - HILARIOUS

[igor_kavinski]

Linux x86 Boot Process Trying To Cleanup "Hay-Wire Circuits, Duct Tape & Super Glue" - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

Sounds like something I would write

Funny that Linus didn't pay attention to this abomination, probably not wanting to disturb the fragile code.

 

[manly]

I enjoyed this one from the wayback machine.

 

[ssokolow]

I enjoyed this one from the wayback machine.

If you want some more videos in that vein, here are some channels I enjoy:

NCommander has a bunch of fun videos in that vein, likeThe Forgotten Secrets of the First Linux LiveCD (Yggdrasil Linux), Installing Debian Linux 2.1 From 1999 Was A Painful Experience ..., THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T EXIST: Internet Explorer for UNIX, What Does It Take To Run DOOM On A $10,000 IBM RS/6000 From 2001?, or The Blandest PC Experience You Could Buy In 1998 For $7,000 ... // Exploring the SunPCI. (To be perfectly honest, as someone who doesn't normally engage in schadenfreude, I quite enjoy seeing how much some of these products make him suffer.)

Michael MJD also has some fun ones, like A Look at Linux from 20 Years Ago - OpenLinux Installation & Overview, Installing the First Version of Ubuntu on the $5 Windows 98 PC, or SoftRAM - The Story of the Incredible RAM Doubling Scam (A Retrospective).

...and though he's usually more of a macintosh guy (eg. weird macintosh hardware, Rhapsody OS on a Thinkpad, Linux on a trashcan mac pro, etc.), Action Retro has videos like Installing Linux like it's 1998 and Lindows, the weird Walmart Linux from 2002!.

 

[manly]

If you want some more videos in that vein, here are some channels I enjoy:

NCommander has a bunch of fun videos in that vein, likeThe Forgotten Secrets of the First Linux LiveCD (Yggdrasil Linux), Installing Debian Linux 2.1 From 1999 Was A Painful Experience ..., THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T EXIST: Internet Explorer for UNIX, What Does It Take To Run DOOM On A $10,000 IBM RS/6000 From 2001?, or The Blandest PC Experience You Could Buy In 1998 For $7,000 ... // Exploring the SunPCI. (To be perfectly honest, as someone who doesn't normally engage in schadenfreude, I quite enjoy seeing how much some of these products make him suffer.)

Michael MJD also has some fun ones, like A Look at Linux from 20 Years Ago - OpenLinux Installation & Overview, Installing the First Version of Ubuntu on the $5 Windows 98 PC, or SoftRAM - The Story of the Incredible RAM Doubling Scam (A Retrospective).

...and though he's usually more of a macintosh guy (eg. weird macintosh hardware, Rhapsody OS on a Thinkpad, Linux on a trashcan mac pro, etc.), Action Retro has videos like Installing Linux like it's 1998 and Lindows, the weird Walmart Linux from 2002!.

welcome to the forums, and thanks for the viewing list!

 

[lantis3]

No more boot loader: Please use the kernel instead ​