biosconfig Dependencies

You must run biosconfig as root (Linux, Solaris) or Administrator (Windows) because it needs to use drivers that are in read— and write-protected physical address space.

For more on biosconfig for Solaris, see: biosconfig for Solaris OS.

Linux versions of biosconfig also depend on access to /dev/nvram to guarantee serialized access to the CMOS. RHEL4 distributions do not seem to include this device by default, RHEL5 and SLES do. For you to use /dev/nvram, the driver needs to be compiled into the kernel (or loaded as a module), and /dev/nvram must exist (root can create it using mknod /dev/nvram c 10 144).

For information on biosconfig for Windows, see: biosconfig for Windows.

See also:

• biosconfig Terminology

• Using biosconfig

• biosconfig Command Overview