Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Flash BIOS under linux | Date | 1 Apr 1999 18:37:47 GMT |
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Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990401162331.5628A-100000@moppsy.comp.glam.ac.uk> By author: "Dave Jones." <djones2@glam.ac.uk> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Bit sceptical about testing the flash WRITE part though :) > Anyone got a spare VP3 motherboard they don't particularly want ?! > > Though I understand some of them dont erase the entire flash, > and keep a part, that has the ability to boot a floppy and reflash, > but thats it. Anyone ever had to fall back on this ? > I'd hate to be the first to try it out ! >
Just make sure yours really do! It does work, but you get no video, nothing while it does its thing.
-hpa -- "The user's computer downloads the ActiveX code and simulates a 'Blue Screen' crash, a generally benign event most users are familiar with and that would not necessarily arouse suspicions." -- Security exploit description on http://www.zks.net/p3/how.asp
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