using /dev/nvram to alter cmos settings

[brent harding]

Hold numpad insert down and it resets the bios, you probably can disconnect
the battery on the mother board just like attackers do when they reset your
passwords on the bios, don't know about this though. I want to extend the
time my laptop waits to enter standby, or make it as long as there's serial
port activity, it won't standby. Whatever I switch in windows seems to have
no effect on what the machine actually does.
At 09:46 PM 7/3/00 -0500, you wrote:
>What I wonder is what do you want to do in your CMOS? I would give you
>fair warning that if you goof up and write the wrong thing to the wrong
>place you won't get as far as the LILO prompt. In fact, the warnings that
>are in the kernal compile help say you can stop the machine from ever
>booting again, though I have my doubts on that one.
>
>Still, it may be a bit daunting.
>
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