Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Flash BIOS under linux | Date | Thu, 01 Apr 1999 16:29:00 +0100 | From | David Woodhouse <> |
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djones2@glam.ac.uk said: > Is there a way in software to auto-sense the type of flash used ?
I think so - I think that most types of flash are capable of reporting exactly what type they are.
> Maybe some BIOSes store that in their DMI area ?
That's also possible, but quite unlikely given Alan's comments in his diary about the accuracy of DMI information.
> I notice from the docs that it was written around the time of 2.1.9x, > anyone tried it on anything more recent ?
It should still work.
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