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mthakur2006
July 8th, 2007, 07:43 PM
Hi all,
I am considering switching to Linux BIOS, I've heard its good.
But first, I want to know a few things please :)
1. I have a Lenovo notebook with a HEL00 motherboard and Intel chipset and Insyde BIOS. Is it supported?
2. I don't have a floppy drive. How to go about flashing the BIOS?
3. Do I have something to lose? What if the whole thing goes wrong? Will I be able to revert back to the original BIOS? Will I need to throw the system away? My notebook is pretty new btw.

And loads of other things but I cant remember them off the top of my head right now lol, will let you know as and when.
Thanks.
bread eyes
July 8th, 2007, 07:53 PM
It's not worth it.
mthakur2006
July 8th, 2007, 07:56 PM
It's not worth it.

have you tried it? would you like sharing your experiences if you don't mind. thanks.
jrusso2
July 8th, 2007, 08:00 PM
I thought you had to have a supported motherboard to run Linux bios and there was only one of those
bread eyes
July 8th, 2007, 08:07 PM
have you tried it? would you like sharing your experiences if you don't mind. thanks.

It's not hard but, if your asking those kind of questions its probably not worth your time.


I thought you had to have a supported motherboard to run Linux bios and there was only one of those

http://www.linuxbios.org/Supported_Motherboards
http://www.linuxbios.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices
mips
July 8th, 2007, 09:41 PM
There was a thread about this before.

Right now it is a ball ache to get going and you risk rendering your MB unusable.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=371268
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mthakur2006
July 8th, 2007, 09:43 PM
allright i think i get the point
it will have to wait for a bit
thanks for the excellent advise people :)