[ale] Sunday 05-22-05 6PM RUN-AS-ROOT CHALLENGE

[Michael B. Trausch]

ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> 
> Can you flash the BIOS without rebooting the computer?
> If not, will your strategy be effective?
> 

Do you know what virtual mode is?

All you'd need to do is execute instructions in that mode to flash it.
It will fail because the system will be multitasking and invariably the
VM86 won't get enough time to finish the writes before a failure.

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