Yes I have heard. BIOS provides Power-on-self-test and basic menu like UI that help dealing hardware,system time settings,etc. But how to diplay a "hello" using BIOS?
On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Rajagopal Swaminathan < raju.rajs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Karishma Balan > <karishma.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Please answer my doubt.. > > Suppose your PC do not have any OS installed.(It has bootstrap loader). > > Then, > > 1. What will happen as an when you turn ON the system? Will it display > > anything? > > 2. How to print a hello on monitor without any OS? > > 3. How to use computer or operate anything without any OS? If no OS is > > there, then what does it use for user interface? > > > > What is the case for above questions when there is no bootstrap loader > also. > > These sound like test questions. > > If you have done your microprocessor studies properly, you can figure > out what a CPU does on reset/power on. > > Have you heard of BIOS? > > -- > Regards, > > Rajagopal > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
