[lpi-discuss] BIOS

[Etienne Goyer]

Mark Miller wrote:
> Fire away, what do you think?  Should we incorporate this idea as is or
> modified in some way or drop this fast?  Is it a given that the BIOS
> questions refer to systems that have a BIOS?

I am not quite sure of the pertinence of testing generic PC hardware 
knowledge in the first place.  I know BIOS are an issue with the boot 
process, and that some parameters might affect the way Linux handle it. 
  But I would tend to see it as outside the scope of LPI.

I would rather have LPI concentrate on topics that are specific to 
Linux.  As I said in other discussion, there is only so many objectives 
you can cram into the exam, and there is plenty of stuff to test.  Some 
compromise have to be made.  I would leave generic PC hardware knowledge 
to A+.