On Wed, 14 Jul 2010, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
>> That's the entry. But reports are some systems need to be
>> fully powered off for the entry to be effectively changed -
>> some BIOSes evidently are flakey about it.
>
> Now *there's* something I wouldn't have thought of trying on my own.
>
> Okay, I can get physical access to the system, and probably even pull its
> plugs (I'm not really used to dealing with the complex cabling mess at the
> back; I'm mostly a software developer with some sysadmin duties for the
> small number of Linux boxes in this Windows shop).
Another thing a part time sysadmin might not consider is
applying BIOS updates, if any, for that chassis, and as
applicable sub-components. Dell is quite good about issuing
these, while a unit remains in production, and sometimes
continues to issue them while it remains in support,
particularly for the PowerEdge series
I get strange looks from my techs when I insist they do this
when strange hardware problems are being manifested. All I
can say is: 'but this may work' It worked last week
with a Tyan motherboard dom0 that was throwing random ram
errors :)
-- Russ herrold
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