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).
Along the same line, has anyone worked with motherboards (Eg TYAN) that support use of the Linux Bios? Once the Linux Bios was working, it would be easy to piggy-back additional code. -- 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!!!
