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

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Thu, 12 Feb 1998 17:37:18 +0100 (CET)

On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Rogier Wolff wrote:
> I'd drop this last restriction. That way a knowledgable sysop can use
> existing command line tools to upgrade the BIOS.
>
> sleep 300 < /dev/biosguard &
> dd if=oldbios of=/dev/bios bs=128k count=1

What happens if the dd doesn't finish within 5 minutes?

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium




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