Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:17:14 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: "Pranav A. Desai" <pdesai1@cs.uh.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it possible to read BIOS setting? Message-ID: <20030725091203.V92896-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0307241610550.15679-100000@themis.cs.uh.edu>
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Pranav A. Desai wrote:
> This is what I am trying to do ...
> If the hard disk fails (or becomes un-bootable) I would change the BIOS
> setting to boot from second disk or maybe from cdrom, repair or reimage
> the hard disk and reboot the box.
>
> I would like to automate this process, so that I dont have to be
> physically present at the box....
Sheesh. Use a hardware RAID controller.
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Andy Farkas
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Speednet Communications
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