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Familiarity shouldn't stand in the way of progress. A good modern BIOS replacement could eliminate a lot of these low-level issues and offer better troubleshoot
by jsz0 16y ago
Familiarity shouldn't stand in the way of progress. A good modern BIOS replacement could eliminate a lot of these low-level issues and offer better troubleshooting tools. For example you could have LOM-ish style features standard on every machine to troubleshoot basic booting problems. Wifi/ethernet booting standardized. Something like target-disk mode for quickly mounting the HD inside of a machine with a dead video card or toasted OS install. You could even have a web browser that could get you access to stuff stored in the cloud in the case of a local HD failure.
- jmillikin 16y agoBut then you'll need a troubleshooter for the troubleshooter (yo dog). Given that most motherboard manufacturers can't seem to figure out even the most rudimentary software development for bundled utilities, I don't trust them to write a web browser.
- m_eiman 16y agoThey don't write their own firmware though, they buy it from one of a few places that hopefully know what they're doing.
- sliverstorm 16y agoI'm all for replacing BIOS. Your parent was discussing the suggested changes to the interface used to interact with it, not the actual BIOS. BIOS is all about functionality, not about interaction, so features are debatable, but user interface improvement? WHY!? That's like trying to improve the user friendliness of the insides of your engine. Some people will see the insides of your engine, but they are either professionals or hobbyists who accept the risk and difficulty. (I say extended features are debatable because features means bugs and bloat, and if there's any one thing you NEED TO WORK on your machine, it's the BIOS)