Does Linux have a CMOS Setup Application, possibly from a LiveCD?

[Billy Crook]

According to http://kclug.org/pipermail/kclug/2008-March/032927.html
it was addressed to the list, just like this one.

If it were addressed only to you, it would have been because I felt
sorry for your insufficient answer and that I wished to fill you in so
that you could amend your previous message to the list, saving face,
and appear more useful/knowledgeable to the other members by citing
actual, googleable names like IPMI, rather than "requires hardware"
from "Someone", and by being a little bit more correct.

But it wasn't, because I do understand how to operate the internets.
And speaking of more specific useful information, the pci KVMoIP card
is called a MegaRAC G2, though there are later models with more bells
and whistles.  This one emulates a keyboard and mouse to the host
system over USB


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at tarcanfel.org>
Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Subject: Excuse me?
To: Billy Crook <billycrook at gmail.com>


Why is this addressed to me?  Why would you rephrase what I had said and send
 it back to me?  I can understand why you might want to take credit for a
 slightly more thorough answer on the list, but why send it _only_ to me?

 Do you just not understand how to use your email software?

 On Monday 31 March 2008 17:51:23 you wrote:
 > BIOS serial console access is typically only a feature on server class
 > motherboard, or provided through "IPMI" cards, which can cost from
 > $100 to $400, and typically fit into a SODIMM slot that has to be on
 > the motherboard to begin with.  Software serial console can be enabled
 > for GRUB, which is technically before the kernel, but it only starts
 > in grub stage 2, and chances are that you won't get that far if you
 > have a problem serious enough to need access outside of SSH.
 >
 > You can find pci cards for under $200 on ebay that allow remote KVM
 > over http usually with the aid of a java applet.  The PCI card that I
 > have and have used for this purpose is made by AMI, the BIOS company.
 >
 > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Jonathan Hutchins
 >
 > <hutchins at tarcanfel.org> wrote:
 > >
 > >  BIOS-level serial console requires hardware.  Someone was developing a
 > >  card a few years back, but they were several hundred dollars.  Software
 > >  serial console doesn't kick in until the kernel loads.