On 16 Feb 2004 09:10:38 -0500 Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> probably wrote:
> Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > A few times I have seen answers to problems like: > > > > "Verify this-and-this in your BIOS setting" > > > > The only way to do this, that I know of, is to shutdown the system > > and hit the DEL-key at boot up etc. But this is a bit silly, for > > just checking a particular setting of the BIOS. > > Not if the setting could indicate an important issue with booting the > system, which is usually the case for such questions. > > > Isn't there a tool in FreeBSD that shows the BIOS settings in a > > similar layout, without shutting down the system? > Theoretically, it's possible to write a program to open /dev/io and then use the out* functions (see include/machine/cpufunc.h) to write to port 0x70, read from port 0x71 to obtain the CMOS values (hard disk type, RTC,...). That's rude, but if you happen to *really* need it... -- DoubleF Trying to establish voice contact ... please yell into keyboard.
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