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On 07/10/2013 14:31, RW wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:46:53 +0100
> Frank Leonhardt wrote:
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>
>> Alas, not. The console driver won't ring the BIOS bell on anything
>> I've tried. It might on a desktop with a built-in sound card and
>> speakers, but it won't do anything with the "beep" speaker.
> Are you sure you have one? The last two cases I bought didn't.
>

They beep when you turn them on and they're ready to boot :-)

/dev/speaker appears to be the answer.

Thanks, Frank.