My Final NOTE on BIOS Virus
First Let me say Thank You to Debian.
I ran two full days and the Bios Virus ridden ACER Laptop manufactured in 2017 which I bought in 2018, and now only 8 years old, did not get heated up even though, it was fully charged and was running non stop.
This is the Beauty of Linux Software consuming very little throughput.
Do not mess up with the minute and a half (90 seconds) of fsck or hardware Check Up at boot time.
Not only the boot script checks the devices in built but also the currently attached devices and reports a running commentary.
Read all the lines line by line.
The name of the Virus 00012201.
I asked AI and it says there is no Virus named by the above number which is a lie.
It is EEPROM Hard Ware Virus.
Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory.
It is a firmware Virus not detected at the time of the manufacture.
The problem is that the BIOS is unable to handover to the Operating System.
I think the Vendor in Singapore had opted to block the USB Booting and installed Windows using the DVD ROM.
This was the time when set of CDs or DVDs were used for booting an OP.
I did not know this Virus existed before buying. It was cheap.
It was 35 US dollars or 50 Singapore dollars.
They tried to sell it for 100 Singapore Dollars but I offered half their claim
The Manager refused.
Few hours before flying back to CEYLON, I went again and said I am leaving today and this is the last 50 dollars I have.
After some deliberations they agreed without the carrier bag. I said I would give, 5 dollars for the bag and the deal was closed.
I treasure the bag more than the Laptop. Thr carrier bag was dorf of a status simble.
Those days no travel restrictions on hand luggage. One who carries Laptop was considered a professional even in Singapore. I bought a few DVDs named Linpus Linux based on Redhat Linux, created in Taiwan.
I tested them Live while waiting in the lounge, until the formal boarding was announced.
No USB booting those days.
I used to carry Puppy Linux USBs but did not have any in my hand.
After discovering this BIOS Virus, I used carry at least 2 Bootable USBs.
From Yesterday, I consider Debian Network Boot USB.
This is not at Mustafa. They do not sell faulty stuff those days.
It was Rs. 7,800 or 150 US dollars a return ticket. I used to go there over weekend to buy Barbie dolls.
Coming back to the Topic;
This Virus cannot be ERASED by software.
No solution available except bypassing the BIOS using EFI.
I did not know about the EFI.
I booted a Live BSD CD and Network Booted to BSD home site.
They solved the problem by installing BSD with an EFI partition.
I was REBORN.
Now we used Ethernet and it was fabulously fast unlike the WiFi of today.
This Virus insertd itself to even the Terminal. It is very NASTY.
So, the Laptop now has 10 operating systems. One for every 50GB of Hardware.
No CODING would be done on this compiter due to the BIOS Virus.
I would play games and videos.
Only ARCH Ultimate Gamer is there.
Italian Modiccia could not be installed.
GARUDA I HATE.
Commodore 3.1 can be installed but it is very Ugly with its Video Drivers. If in a later version if it adds better drivers, I may consider using it.
After all this is an old Laptop.
The bottom line is even somebody offers you a old Laptop FREE refuse it flatly.
I desperately want to go back to my WiFi keyboard which I can use from my BED with a very large Monitor.
I HATE touch screens which is unnatural.
