September 2000
Beginner
1312 pages
33h 47m
English
Between the time most computers are turned on and the boot command is loaded to bootstrap the machine, the computer is in an operating state known as the firmware state. In the firmware state, a small command in non-volatile memory is running on the machine, and you can perform certain system operations usually unavailable from single- or multiuser operating states.
The two basic kinds of firmware operations are running firmware commands and running bootable commands.
Running firmware commands includes commands for displaying the Equipped Device Table, performing a system memory dump, displaying the firmware version, creating a floppy key, and so forth. These commands are ...