[syslinux] com32 fswrite to filesystem

Don Hiatt donhiatt at gmail.com
Thu Mar 11 15:56:48 PST 2010


On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm pretty sure this was discussed previously on the list.
>
I think this is it: http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/2008-October/011034.html
    "I really dislike the idea of write operations; it's way too easy to
     trash filesystems when encountering semi-broken firmware.
	-hpa"

HPA: Is this still your stance? Even if write was supported only on
"whitelisted"
BIOS (e.g. BIOS that have been confirmed to be non-broken)?

Thanks!

don




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