talking bios?

[Dawes, Stephen]

Wouldn't an easier solution be a program that could read from, and write
to, the bios, that could be accessed from an already booted computer
regardless of the OS? 

In my convoluted way of thinking, it wouldn't then matter which means of
accessibility you are using, you could make changes to the bios and have
them take effect on reboot. 

Take effect on reboot! HHHMMM!!! What a concept, isn't that when changes
to the bios currently take effect? 

This approach then would not need manufacturers having to worry about
making something to work for all. 

OH Yeah, maybe we are barking up the wrong tree completely on this one.
Earlier this year, I read an article that was talking about the bios as
we currently know love is going to be replaced by some new system that
will be accessible from tools within the OS. This is because of the
16-bit restriction that currently exists in the bios, or so the article
was saying. If I have some time latter on today, I'll try to find the
article and post it here as another follow-up to this thread.

Steve Dawes
Phone: (403) 268-5527
Email: SDawes at calgary.ca



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