On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 11:41:25AM +0200, Aryan Ameri wrote: > On Saturday 29 March 2003 02:37, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > > -MS Windows controlled BIOS setup (I just found out the new Toshiba laptops > > have no more "hit <ESC> to enter setup" on boot. It is all handled through > > Windows utilities written by the vendor) > > Oh, This can be the worst news of the day for me. I always thought something > like this will be impossible. > Isn't this illegal? If toshiba is doing this, by M$'s request, then it clearly > is violation of anti trust (or what ever law), right?
Nah, just sounds like stupidity to me. Compaq PCs used to have a similar thing where they had a "setup partition" that ran some GUIish DOS-based crap. The system BIOS was just smart enough to look for the setup partition (which of course had a special ID) when you hit F10 or whatever. This was the primary reason I swore off Compaq some years ago. OTOH I've always hated Toshiba laptops, too :-) -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quando omni flunkus moritati. -- Possum Lodge Motto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
