Subject: Re: grumpy keyboard.
To: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
From: Carrie Jones <carrie@cjones.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/28/2005 17:26:09
Okay,
So under menu option 1 (Main), the things I have available to change are:
System date
System time
under menu option 2: (Security)
Admin Password (currently set to CLEAR)
Power-on Password (currently set to CLEAR)
DriveLock Password (currently set to CLEAR)
Device Security
Floppy Boot (ENABLED)
CD-ROM Boot (ENABLED)
under menu option 3: (Advanced)
Language Support: (ENGLISH)
Boot Order:
Accesability Options:
F10 Delay (sec) : (0)
Parallel Port Mode:
Here my options are: Bi-directional
ECP/EPP
Uni-directional
EPP
Disabled
Currently set to: ECP/EPP
Video Memory (currently set to 64MB)
under menu option 4: (tools)
HDD self-test
short (about a minute)
long (about 31 minutes)
I self tested the short and it passed. for longer test results, more
time needed.
Am I missing it here?
Carrie
Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> In message <41FAB70D.8000501@cjones.org>, Carrie Jones writes:
>
>>So, I went poking around in my bios.
>>
>>It says it's a Phoenix BIOS setup utility and that the BIOS Version is
>>F.12 with a KBC version of 31.31. Sorry to say I have no idea what that
>>means, but practically speaking, it means no way for me to select
>>anything with the plug and play componets. I looked through all four
>>menu selections (main, security, advanced, and tools). None of them
>>mentioned anything about plug and play. The only thing I saw that came
>>even close was a selection under advanced about what parallel port mode
>>I was using.
>>
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> This option often masquerades as an operating system type option.
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> --Prof. Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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