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