On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Russell Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On May 27, 2013, at 8:02 AM, King Beowulf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I find that hard to believe. Every computer mother board has some sort > > of BIOS, EFI or not. > > BIOS is defined as the antiquated IO systems for PCs. EFI is a > replacement, and not technically BIOS. According to the link below, EFI is > just a software interface between the OS and the Firmware of a computer. It > appears that you are calling EFI "BIOS" which it isn't. > > There is no BIOS on my computer, as in, no keystroke to 'enter' BIOS and > make changes to the settings. There's nothing to configure in a true (U)EFI > based computer. There is a keystroke to cause the system to boot from the > optical drive, USB or network. There is a keystroke to force the EFI to > scan the system, and configure itself. > > But the human on the meatspace side of the keyboard can't make any manual > changes. > > This is also why my computer does not support a floppy, unless it's > attached to the USB port. Then it looks like just another thumb drive. No > reason to clog up the works with a slow floppy interface. > > > http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/unified-extensible-firmware-interface/efi-homepage-general-technology.html > > Russell Johnson > [email protected] > Such a machine should be returned to the place where it was originally forged and destroyed. Bill _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
