Purchase yourself a BIOS Savior. They're about $20-$25 depending on the motherboard and provide absolute protection against screwups. http://www.pcmods.com/
Basically you end up with two BIOS chips on the motherboard, and a little toggle switch to select one or the other. That way you don't need to "hotswap" BIOS chips, either. On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 09:41:42AM -0500, Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp wrote: > According to the FAQ, it's possible to boot Linux using Etherboot with > LinuxBIOS. This appears to be a pretty simple and straightforward > process, but I was wandering if it were possible to render the system > unbootable? That is, is it posible that overwriting the BIOS will cause > boot to fail (because of misconfiguration, etc.)? If this happens, is > there anyway to recover? What are the pitfalls and how can I avoid them? > > The idea of overwriting the BIOS makes me a bit nervous, but the > potential benefits of this boot-up process could save us quite a bit > when it comes to configuring our clustered systems. > > Thanks, > Sterling _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
