• For AmiloA Laptop's BIOS see Phoenix page
• For MSI MotherBoard see AMI page
• http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Free-Software-Foundation-frets-about-Windows-8-secure-boot-requirement/# UefI

ToDo:

• http://BiosRepair.com/

• http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/11235.html# UefI
• http://www.paritynews.com/software/item/484-the-linux-foundations-uefi-secure-boot-pre-bootloader-delayed
• http://techrights.org/2012/11/21/hardware-keys-for-lf/

• http://phys.org/news/2012-08-malware-bios-black-hat.html# MaL

@tag: OpenSource

• http://www.linuxbios.org/Supported_Motherboards
• * http://www.linuxbios.org/data/lbdoc/index.html
• http://www.pcengines.ch/tinybios.htm
• http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu/Projects/sebos/phase2.shtml
• http://linux.dell.com/edd/results.html

This is the home page for dmidecode, a tool for dumping a computer's DMI (some say SMBIOS) table contents in a human-readable format (see a sample output). This table contains a description of the system's hardware components, as well as other useful pieces of information such as serial numbers and BIOS revision.

• http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/

• http://linuxfr.org/2005/03/02/18394.html French

@tag: ShortCuts

• Phoenix : Ctrl-Alt-Esc, or Ctrl-Alt-S, or Ctrl-Alt-Enter , F12
• AMI : American Megatrends (AMI): Del key during Power-On Self-Test
• Award : Del, or Ctrl-Alt-Esc
• Mr. BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-S during Power-On Self-Test
• DTK: Esc key during Power-On Self-Test

• Acer notebooks: F2 key during Power-On Self-Test (POST)
• Compaq : F10 key after the square appears in the top right corner during boot-up
• Dell: Ctrl-Alt-Enter F2 ; F12
• HP Hewlett-Packard Pavilion: F1 key during HP blue splash screen
• PackardBell : For some models, F1 or F2 key during Power-On Self-Test
• IBM Aptiva 535: F1 while the square with the wavy lines is displayed in the upper right corner during power-on Does this also apply to other Aptiva models
• IBM PS/2: Ctrl-Alt-Del, then Ctrl-Alt-Ins when the cursor is in the top right corner

@TaG: BooT