Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:11:21 +0200 | From | Ookhoi <> | Subject | Re: 2.3.20 will not boot (PCI problem) Good BIOS? |
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> > 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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