Are there any software for us blind to access bios settings?

[Brent Harding]

I never got the idea how one can use the open bios type of system, and 
another one is out there called linuxbios. Even if there is code out there, 
what are people using for motherboards to put it on, or are they designing 
those too?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Chase" <blinux.list at thechases.com>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 5:45 AM
Subject: Re: Are there any software for us blind to access bios settings?


> Most standard x86 boxes don't have a serial-port-accessible BIOS.
> My understanding is that Sun has boxes that will use a serial
> console for interacting with the BIOS.  It's generally considered
> a server-class feature.
>
> A couple items I found:
>
> -Compaq seems to offer (or have offered in the past) an x86
> server with serial BIOS.  The only details I could find were in
> this PDF:
>
> ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/management/smartstart/bios-serialconsole.pdf
>
> -Certain Tyan motherboards (antiquated?) seem to support a BIOS
> option that, once configured the first time, allows for serial
> access to the BIOS.  This link has some suggested motherboards
> that have serial support in the BIOS
>
> http://linux-1u.net/SerialConsole/
>
> -it also sounds like the OpenBIOS project has support for serial
> consoles, but I haven't toyed with that.
>
> Just a few ideas,
>
> -tim
>
>
>
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