Re: ANNOUNCE: /dev/bios - flash rom bios driver

Dave Wreski (dave@nic.com)
Wed, 11 Feb 1998 04:46:05 -0500 (EST)


> > With this driver it's possible to do things like
> >
> > dd if=/bios.bin of=/dev/bios bs=128k count=1
>
> Hmmmm ... does
>
> dd if=/dev/bios of=/boot/bios.bak
>
> also work?
>
> What's about mistakes? This interface is very easy and
> therefore it _is_ very dangerous, isn't it?

Is it possible to just print out the contents of the machine's BIOS? I
think that would be far more useful, and more commonly used. Just always
in search of more information...

Dave

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