[ltp] Making backup of BIOS settings?

Felix E. Klee linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:24:59 +0200


At Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:40:34 -0400,
FeRD wrote:
> Does it HAVE to be from within Linux?

Yes, since I'd like to include the backup of the BIOS into the regular
backup that I do from within LINUX.

> Especially since, if you ever needed to RESTORE that backup for any
> reason, you'd presumably be required to be booted into a real / single
> user mode console tool.

That'd be no problem.  Perhaps it's possible to use LINUX to create a
simple binary image of the BIOS that can be restored with one of these
tools?

But I don't want to invest much time into the problem.  It's not that
important.

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Felix E. Klee