More than a year ago I was hired by Linux NetworX to work on LinuxBIOS, and I've been on a steep learning curve ever since. After working on LinuxBIOS, I am qualified to say that I have no question ...

The more things change, the more they stay the same. That may sound cliché, but it's still as true for the firmware that boots your operating system as it was in 2001 when Linux Journal first ...

In context: One of the most important roles of modern PC firmware, or even of the now-defunct BIOS system, is initializing core hardware components before switching to the operating system's bootstrap ...

I've been running a 4 drive RAID 5 array (4x300GB drives) on this hardware controller since March 2006 with no problems. Two nights ago I added a 5th hard drive to the array/logical drive. My array ...

Just so that you should know that BIOS time is not new – it was only not enabled for all. What is the Last BIOS time? Technically it is the amount of time taken by the UEFI (BIOS) to initialize (POST) ...