On Sunday 28 August 2005 10:53, Stuart Henderson wrote: > --On 28 August 2005 10:22 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote: > > > A long time ago I added a little bios code to my pc > > by programming and installing an eprom on a > > post card. The code was executed at boot time before > > most of the bios code was executed. > > Is this still possible with current desktops? > > Yes, it's how things like RAID cards and PXE-capable network cards > work. With some boards, you can also add modules to the file that is > flashed onto the BIOS EEPROM on the motherboard (using cbrom from DOS > or a similar tool) so you don't need an extra card (sometimes done to > e.g. boot from a SCSI card which doesn't have it's own BIOS).
The kind of board you describe is just what I'm looking for if I can't find a stand-alone pci card into which I could flash my own code. What are some examples? -- Tired of having to defend against Malware? (You know: trojans, viruses, SPYWARE, ADWARE, KEYLOGGERS, rootkits, worms and popups) Then Switch to OpenBSD with a KDE desktop!!!
