Daniel Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello there, > > I found a pretty nice 486 PCI-motherboard in the bulk waste last week, > which I would like to use as secondary computer with debian. The board is > working, but unfortunately, it was setup in a way that you can only boot > from harddisk, and shadow RAM was enabled. So I tried to change the > settings, but the preliminary user has installed a Setup-Password, so that > I can't access the BIOS. I know, that there are ways to get around this, > but I don't know how to do it in this special case. > So does anybody know where to find the necessary information? Is there a > tool for Linux or DOS to access and change BIOS-settings (I could plugin > the harddisk from another computer and try to boot into Linux or use the > small DOS-partition I have on this disk). Or is there some kind of cheat > password, which will always work? > The BIOS is a Phoenix version 4.04.
There may be more elegant ways, but you always could pull out the CMOS-Battery, wait 20 minutes and put it in again. Be careful it may be soldered. Andre