Re: [LinuxBIOS] Will LinuxBIOS support my Gigabyte GA-7VTXE soon?

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 02.03.2007 13:57, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> Carl-Daniel Hailfinger  [070302 13:32]:
> > On 02.03.2007 13:20, Ian Walker wrote:
> > > > > No. Unless you have a second flash chip with a backup of your BIOS or
> > > > > you can reburn your flash chip in another board.
> > >
> > > Ah, I wouldn't want to do this then, as I use my machine regularly.  It
> > > does have a Dual BIOS, so not sure if it means I can recover if
> > > something goes wrong.
> >
> > Sorry, Dual BIOS usually doesn't work the way that it would save you
> > from such a test flash.
>
> How does it work, btw? I asked Gigabyte a couple of times a couple of
> years ago, but they never cared to answer.

AFAIK the chip is organized in two areas which can be flashed separately
and in case of a problem the fallback image in the unflashed area is
executed.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel