Re: 2.3.20 will not boot (PCI problem) Good BIOS?
Ookhoi (ookhoi@dds.nl)
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:11:21 +0200
> > I bet you wish the bug reports generated from the buggy bioses problem ended
> > up in the BIOS manufacturer E-mail box, not yours.
>
> Well, the thing is that even if they ended up there, they'd just shake
> their heads and say "tough luck". Even if they cared enough to fix the bug
> for newer versions of their BIOS (big if), that would still leave existing
> BIOSes with the bug. And while you can update the BIOS on pretty much all
> modern machines (that didn't use to be the case - remember EPROMs?), it's
> still not something most people want to do..
>
> And yes, it's a bad circle. Because BIOSes have been buggy in this area,
> nobody uses them (including MS), so nobody tests them in real use, so they
> never get fixed, so...
>
> This is why it's best to consider the BIOS just a glorified loader and not
> much more. Depend on it to set up the machine in a close to usable state,
> but be ready to do everything else on your own.
Which make BIOS is the most bug-free BIOS? (or which one to avoid?)
Ookhoi
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