Er, not so much

Er, not so much

Posted Dec 7, 2006 18:50 UTC (Thu) by AJWM (subscriber, #15888)
In reply to: Er, not so much by bos
Parent article: LinuxBIOS ready to go mainstream (Linux.com)

> usually the best you can hope for is winking a two-digit number on a POST card

<yorkshire_accent> We used to _dream_ of having winking two-digit numbers on POST card...</yorkshire_accent>

Seriously, yes, bit-banging the hardware before there's a decent OS loaded is always difficult. At least back in the old days we had toggle switches ;-) I'm glad to see manufacturer interest; even though I'm not likely to want to mess with the BIOS code, it's nice to know that I can if I want.

---

(Log in to post comments)