From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail1.greenbaynet.com([208.178.204.36]) (2004 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2000 00:36:15 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from hardb (ras17-082.greenbaynet.com [208.49.186.82]) by mail1.greenbaynet.com (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA32338 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 23:33:09 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000703233746.007bc440@greenbaynet.com> X-Sender: bharding@greenbaynet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 23:37:46 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: brent harding Subject: Re: using /dev/nvram to alter cmos settings In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.6.32.20000703173047.007a4ad0@greenbaynet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" List-Id: Hold numpad insert down and it resets the bios, you probably can disconnect the battery on the mother board just like attackers do when they reset your passwords on the bios, don't know about this though. I want to extend the time my laptop waits to enter standby, or make it as long as there's serial port activity, it won't standby. Whatever I switch in windows seems to have no effect on what the machine actually does. At 09:46 PM 7/3/00 -0500, you wrote: >What I wonder is what do you want to do in your CMOS? I would give you >fair warning that if you goof up and write the wrong thing to the wrong >place you won't get as far as the LILO prompt. In fact, the warnings that >are in the kernal compile help say you can stop the machine from ever >booting again, though I have my doubts on that one. > >Still, it may be a bit daunting. > >-- >Kirk Wood >Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net >------------------ > >Seek simplicity -- and distrust it. > Alfred North Whitehead > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >