Re: [Etherboot-developers] Access CMOS

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Ken Yap <ke...@bi...> writes:

> >Is it a good idea on saving some information to the CMOS? Does anyone
> >ever written any code to access the CMOS using etherboot? Such as the
> >Admin password and other BIOS settings?
> 
> Once you have booted your OS, a user program should be able to do what
> you want with the CMOS memory, so it's not something Etherboot needs to
> do. In Linux you can include the nvram driver. Where it is specified how
> the password etc are stored in the NVRAM, I have no idea.

It isn't specified.  And given the size of CMOS that is not suprise.
Besides the date and time I believe there is just one semi standard option,
and you have to look in a table to see where it goes.

Beyond this some BIOS actually store some of their parameters in their
flash chips.  

Eric