On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 11:09:21AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 12:50:46AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > >> What I meant is that if the firmware is truly burned into the chup, > >> then I couldn't change it even if I had the source code. It was wrong > >> to say that I don't *want* to modify it, but rather, that I *cannot* > >> do so. > > > > That's not true either. Manufacturers provide utilities to reprogram > > their embedded FLASH components, particularly motherboard manufacturers > > but also for disks, modems etc. > > But lacking those tools, I can't modify it.
Those tools exist, though I don't know if any of them are free. Would your position change if a free BIOS updater existed? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
