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Re: HOW2 boot & run with mouse & NO kybrd?

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From John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>
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Subject Re: HOW2 boot & run with mouse & NO kybrd?
Date Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:25:29 -0500
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Avoid9Pdf writes:
> But then, why does it have FAT32 partn1 with the boot arguments, if
> it's free of the WinTel monopoly?

The Pi boots via the GPU (silly, I know, but that's how Broadcom
designed the chip).  The boot code, like everything else about that GPU,
is secret, and knows only FAT.  The Linux partition for a Pi is Ext.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@newsguy.com
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA

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HOW2 boot & run with mouse & NO kybrd? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2013-04-11 11:06 +0000
  Re: HOW2 boot & run with mouse & NO kybrd? Bill Marcum <bill@nowhere.invalid> - 2013-04-15 07:14 -0400
  Re: HOW2 boot & run with mouse & NO kybrd? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2013-04-15 07:25 -0500
    Re: HOW2 boot & run with mouse & NO kybrd? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2013-04-17 18:11 +0000
      Re: HOW2 boot & run with mouse & NO kybrd? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2013-04-17 13:26 -0500
        Re: HOW2 boot & run with mouse & NO kybrd? Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2013-04-25 08:30 +0000
          Re: HOW2 boot & run with mouse & NO kybrd? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2013-04-25 09:14 +0000
          Re: HOW2 boot & run with mouse & NO kybrd? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-04-25 09:20 -0400

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