using /dev/nvram to alter cmos settings

[Kerry Hoath]

Currently you'll need somebody with eyes to read the cmos screens to you.
I build systems and even I need sighted help in the cmos.
On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 11:20:23PM -0500, brent harding wrote:
> I wish I knew what I had, is there an autodetect that will tell me how to
> toggle a few settings? I actually need it on my dell laptop, more than
> likely the bios is made by dell, as they offer flash roms for it. What do
> hex editors do? Does it actually make text out of the file you edit with,
> and convert it back later? Can the setup be done over a remote connection
> easily some how, have the cmos answer a modem or something so I can change
> the power settings to allow me to read documents without the laptop going
> on standby? It just could be that if I flash rom something that takes long
> enough that the machine might just go on standby and totally make useless
> the device I was working with. Why is /dev/nvram in existence, I just
> loaded the module and ran MAKEDEV NVRAM because the device driver wasn't
> found.
> At 09:15 AM
> 
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