Date: 16 Feb 2004 09:10:38 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to view BIOS settings on a running system? Message-ID: <44fzdbf735.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <402D9175.5080300@users.sourceforge.net> References: <402D9175.5080300@users.sourceforge.net>
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Rob <nospam@users.sourceforge.net> 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? No. > I assume the kernel can access the BIOS and read all its settings, > or is this impossible? Theoretically, it's possible, but it would be different for every BIOS implementation (and version, to a greater or lesser extent), and it isn't generally useful. FreeBSD doesn't depend on the BIOS after booting is complete. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area: resume/CV at http://be-well.ilk.org:8088/~lowell/resume/ username/password "public"
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