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iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) as Defined in ACPI 3.0b Specification
White Paper The iSCSI Boot Firmware (iBF) Table (iBFT) is a block of information that contains various parameters that are useful to the iSCSI Boot process. The iBFT is available to the Windows... [16 Sep 2009]
BCDEdit Reference
White Paper BCD abstracts the underlying firmware and provides a common programming interface that can be used to manipulate the boot environment for all systems running Windows Vista or later versions of Windows. [16 Sep 2009]
Deploying UEFI-Aware Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers
White Paper The interface consists of data tables that contain platform-related information, plus boot and runtime service calls that are available to the operating system and its loader. Together, these provide a standard, modern... [07 Aug 2009]
Server Management Solution Comparison on Dell PowerEdge R710 and HP ProLiant DL385 G5p Servers
White Paper On the Dell PowerEdge R710, they used the Unified Server Configurator (USC), which one can access by pressing F10 during the server boot process. For this comparison, they used each manufacturer's application to perform... [30 May 2009]
Updating Dell Server Firmware in Altiris Pre-Boot Environments
White Paper Now, with the recent release of the Altiris Deployment Solution for Dell Servers 3.0 SP1, DUPs are fully supported for execution in the Linux pre-boot environment without the presence of an agent. Using this traditional... [29 May 2009]
Unified Server Configurator Security Overview
White Paper UEFI is a pre-boot environment that is integrated into the system BIOS. USC is a one stop shop that enables operating system deployment with integrated driver installations, firmware updates, hardware... [29 May 2009]
BootX: The Mac OS X Bootloader
White Paper Particular emphasis will be paid to the boot process of Mac OS X (from the firmware up to early kernel initialization) and its bootloader, BootX. The Macintosh has used a more or less unchanged... [01 Oct 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.10.07
Round-Up And here's something else to tickle your fancy - an interview with the writer and director of cult sit-com The IT Crowd - and photos to boot. A few days and a firmware update later reports flooded in of... [19 Oct 2007]
Mobile Platform Usage of UEFI and the Framework Technology
White Paper This presentation provides understanding of the Robson with Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) solution utilizing EFI abstraction of hardware to seamlessly replace existing disk access methods and extend... [04 Nov 2006]
Apple: 'Don't expect Mactels to run Vista'
News Mac fans have held out considerable hope that the next version of Windows would be easier to load on Macs than Windows XP, because like Mac OS X, Vista will use Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) to aid the... [10 Mar 2006]
Linux hackers crack Xbox console
News The Free-X group had been requesting the release of a "signed" Linux boot loader from Microsoft, which would allow Xbox owners to run the open source operating system without any hardware modifications or the... [04 Jul 2003]
