Re: My spin on the flash bios interface...

Stefan Monnier (monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@TEQUILA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU)
13 Feb 1998 09:23:12 -0500

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Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com> writes:
> I would still consider cat>/dev/hda worse.
> A BIOS chip is easily reprogrammed. Data that is gone, is gone.

I know that if my BIOS gets destroyed it'd take me a while to figure out how I
can get my machine back. On the other hand, if my harddisk gets wiped, I just
reboot from floppy and restore from tape. Should I backup my BIOS too ?

Stefan

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