From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PuTOu-0000HH-C0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:30:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 473171C010; Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:28:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F09AF1C010 for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:28:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwb29 with SMTP id 29so3743048wwb.10 for ; Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:28:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=jEMgcFOJqFrMBijwqK+U9I3Hlx+OEEdl6+sZt8EyNmc=; b=t3K7GPSOyANuAPcmLfmgCJqIC1jTr3EZDettBYrLq/vjyX+TrjFALsLMry/wrxHZ3Y 8UKSpG2Xfk8ymdwTWXgUj+PDAqGlRVSs1z0+6g7kAoqnQTWcr+FwXuNOpaJsQzAoum/w Xb2emFW0jg2AnCefv3Kbwk0Wb7ef9rIB9c/Rs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=MkAJaDkQNdR5gl9CiswZdEaOv/JGRRbxeT8v52ihkHnFtganWQI6Q4814opA1MsfZJ vLL2pasAPtehr2j1KbxUsTTWI0xeGKL6UZNYBYwIParxBFZhxgZu7ntLNf5RAr7QzQTI EOYdZ/4T+9ZoiFEiQTT54D3tMrzYYgYDlmBWQ= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.22.79 with SMTP id s57mr3634364wes.94.1299000525991; Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:28:45 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.137.93 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:28:45 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1298975033.4d6cc939c344f@imp.free.fr> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:28:45 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: BIOS or what From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: James Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: d7b46ba0369cf571dcd8a2eaab320a7e On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:55 AM, James wrote: > =C2=A0 free.fr> writes: > > >> I'm starting to think about my next development desktop. One >> question haunts me:is the BIOS still a fatality? Is there a >> known and tested =C2=A0alternative available >> UEFI? Open Firmware? coreboot? other? Experience welcome > > Well, I've been researching my next mobo too and > I think that GigaByte (some boards) allow > for 2 bios copies to be stored on the mobo. > That would mean a bios failure is not catastrophic? > > Surely someone on the list has some experience in this, > maybe playing with Gigabyte's "core unlock" feature > to get a X3 running as a quad core? > > James One of my Asus boards (Rampage II Extreme) allows two BIOS copies. Everything about the board has been reliable over the year I've owned it so I haven't needed to use it other than a single BIOS update right after I got the board. - Mark