An OS in ROM? The Amiga 500 memories come flooding back.
I guess Linux is stored in re-writable nonvolatile memory so that it can be updated when the inevitable security bugs are found.
If I remember correctly, on the Amiga, you had to boot from floppy disk (not everything was in ROM), and the ROM code was transferred from ROM to RAM and any patches on the floppy disk were then applied.
I guess Linux is stored in re-writable nonvolatile memory so that it can be updated when the inevitable security bugs are found.
If I remember correctly, on the Amiga, you had to boot from floppy disk (not everything was in ROM), and the ROM code was transferred from ROM to RAM and any patches on the floppy disk were then applied.