[OpenBIOS] Probably a dumb question - Intel MB DG45ID

[Philip Rhoades]

People,

I have been on this list for some time lurking - just because I think it 
is interesting that a bit of firmware can allow hardware to be actually 
useful!  I haven't done more than read the occasional post that was of 
interest but the thought occurred to me again about replacing the BIOS 
that is on my current machine with something that is open so I went back 
to the OpenBIOS home page but was a bit puzzled to see on the Download 
page: "Do not try to put OpenBIOS in a real boot ROM, it will not work 
and may damage your hardware!".  After a little more looking around I am 
still confused - the ultimate aim of this software is to eventually 
allow people to replace their proprietary BIOSes right?  I have an Intel 
MB DG45ID but I couldn't Google much overlap with OpenBIOS . .

Thanks for any enlightenment!

Regards,

Phil.
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