There is an OpenBIOS project and some Beowulf clusters use linux as their
BIOS (the kernel is about 500K and some BIOS chips have 2Mb).
A great deal of progress is being reported in this unlikely spot....
www.linux-hacker.net/iopener
It seems Netpliance came unglued when they learned their precious appliance
was being made into a linux box and they have been altering their BIOS....
The messages are quite interesting, and the hackers exploiting the $99
computer from Netpliance are carrying the state of the art forward at quite
a respectable pace--staying a jump ahead of Netpliance, anyway.
It is a hacking sort of thing, yet, and there are no guarantees that their
procedures will not smoke your system, create a black hole or polymorph you
into an octopus.
Civileme
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Yes you can FLASHUPDATE your FlashROM, but; only for the original
> manufacturer. It may be possible to go and purchase a new BIOS chip and
> install it yourself but would not recommend doing same. There are
> thingys that could destroy your system or just the new CMOS (BIOS) chip,
> ESD (Electro Static Discharge) for one and another is if not installed
> correctly other problems will hamper your use of the new BIOS.
>
> Just to give my credentials on this matter, I have about 45 years
> experience as a Journeyman Electronic Repair with O'scope, meters,
> generators, etcetera, usage as well as repairing the same.
>
> don
> I thought I knew that I knew what I thought
> But now I know that what I thought I knew
> Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew.
>
> On Sun, 23 Apr 2000 04:42:53 +0100 "William Palfreman"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Michael Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > "Kathleen Russell, fone.net tech support" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Disclaimer: i was pretty much joking about the BIOS thing.
> > I actually
> > > > really like my BIOS (ambios). A friend of mine has a
> > really cruddy BIOS,
> > > > but the computer is a machine is a Hewlett Packard, so it
> > is a cruddy system
> > > > in general.
> > > >
> > > > I suppose a person would have to buy a whole new
> > motherboard to get a
> > > > different kind of BIOS. Can a person upgrade using the
> > same motherboard,
> > > > but maybe a different version or something?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Kathleen
> > >
> > > No, in general, you need the bios that was written for board
> > you're using.
> > > It's specific to the parts that are soldered onto your
> > motherboard.
> > > Mike
> >
> > Only in the olden days. Now people flash their BIOS if they
> > want to upgrade it, as it is stored on flashrom.
> >
>
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