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Re: Edit BIOS settings remotely?



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On 12/17/06 17:36, Kevin Ross wrote:
> We have a Dell PowerEdge server at a remote location.  After a recent
> power failure, I came to realize the BIOS was not configured to
> automatically turn the computer on after power is restored.  It was easy
> enough to call someone at the remote location and have them push the
> power button for me, but asking them to hook up a monitor and keyboard,
> and to edit the BIOS settings, would be too much.
>  
> Since the settings are stored in CMOS memory, are there any programs
> that can edit those settings?  I'd rather not have to make a trip down
> there.

Package libsmbios-bin might help.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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