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Subject: backup BIOS settings
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Hi,
Is=20it=20possible=20to=20backup=20BIOS=20settings=20(CMOS=20configuratio=
n)=20to=20file=20and=20restore=20this=20settings=20on=20the=20other=20mac=
hine=20(the=20same=20hardware=20configuration=20and=20the=20same=20BIOS)?=


I=20try=20do=20it=20for=20this=20way:

kldload=20nvram

dd=20if=3D/dev/nvram=20of=3Dnvram.bin=20=20=20(backup)

dd=20if=3Dnvram.bin=20of=3D/dev/nvram=20=20=20(restore)


but=20this=20way=20always=20load=20default=20BIOS=20settings,=20not=20my=20=
(probably=20there=20is=20some=20kind=20of=20error).