CDROM Boot Image insanity

Phil Schaffner P.R.Schaffner at IEEE.org
Wed Apr 7 22:13:50 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 21:17 +0200, shrek-m at gmx.de wrote:

> Phil Schaffner wrote:
> 
...
> >
> >Don't know a way to get BIOS version with a Linux command, but it is
> >usually is displayed immediately after power-up, if you are fast enough
> >to catch it.
> >  
> >
> 
> you need only hit
> [pause] or [break]
> in the right moment

Yup - should have thought to mention that, but the "right moment" is 
still pretty dicey to catch.  At least it's eye-hand coordination with
your suggestion, rather than speed-reading, and I'm not 100% sure all
systems support the pause/break feature.






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