RE: accessing BIOS and RAID info on old Compaqs

2006-11-06 Thread Brown, Steve
Subject: accessing BIOS and RAID info on old Compaqs -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greetings. For FBSD 6.1 on old Compaq DL320 and 1850R machines: 1. Is there a way to access the system BIOS, either at boot time or (preferably) from within FBSD? I'm specifically interested in seeing

Re: accessing BIOS and RAID info on old Compaqs

2006-10-30 Thread George Fazio
Dave, In answer to question 1, it's been a little while (at least 4 year) since I've worked on Compaq gear. But, if memory serves me correctly, you hit F10 when the cursor kicks from the left hand side of the screen to the right hand side. This should be a relatively obvious change, and I

Re: accessing BIOS and RAID info on old Compaqs

2006-10-30 Thread Ewald Jenisch
2. Is there a way to monitor the Compaq Smart Array RAID controllers and disks attached to them from within FBSD? Hi David, I don't know of any online-monitoring, i.e. a utility that monitors the smartarray controllers/disks on an ongoing basis. However I know for sure that any

accessing BIOS and RAID info on old Compaqs

2006-10-29 Thread David Newman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greetings. For FBSD 6.1 on old Compaq DL320 and 1850R machines: 1. Is there a way to access the system BIOS, either at boot time or (preferably) from within FBSD? I'm specifically interested in seeing what the system's hardware clock is set to. 2.