Dan Shimshoni wrote:
Is there an API which enable me to perform such a task ?
Did anybody tried a thing like that ? and in case it is possible -
how much complex is it ?
How about this (never tried it myself):
Make sure /dev/cmos exists, and that the relevant kernel module is
available.
Set
2007/1/22, Dan Shimshoni [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hello linux il ,
I had been playing with the idea of writing a small
utility in C on linux which will enable me to change boot
prioirity on a linux machine, so that I will be able to toggle
the boot sequence (boot from CD/ not boot from CD).
I mean
Remember that the CMOS also holds the time so doing such an operation will
reset the time.
--
Ori Idan
On 1/22/07, Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dan Shimshoni wrote:
Is there an API which enable me to perform such a task ?
Did anybody tried a thing like that ? and in case it is
Ori Idan wrote:
Remember that the CMOS also holds the time so doing such an operation
will reset the time.
I find it highly unlikely that the CMOS holds the real time clock. It's
not the sort of thing you save in memory.
sunlap:~# cp /dev/nvram /tmp/dump1 ; sleep 10 ; cp /dev/nvram
In DOS days I wrote such a thing. It would boot into DOS and then select
based on the contents of a file whether to stay in DOS, go on to windows
or boot linux using loadlin. The DOS step was necessary because of sound
drivers. The utility was also accessible from linux and from windows,
On Monday January 22 2007 09:44, Dan Shimshoni wrote:
Hello linux il ,
I had been playing with the idea of writing a small
utility in C on linux which will enable me to change boot
prioirity on a linux machine, so that I will be able to toggle
the boot sequence (boot from CD/ not boot from
Hello linux il ,
I had been playing with the idea of writing a small
utility in C on linux which will enable me to change boot
prioirity on a linux machine, so that I will be able to toggle
the boot sequence (boot from CD/ not boot from CD).
I mean the boot sequence which the BIOS saves in CMOS.
