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How to View BIOSconfig Version Information
Configuring the Device Boot Order
How to Make a Persistent Change to Boot Order
How to Specify a Subset of Strings and a Subset of the Boot List
How to Change Boot Order Based on the PCI Bus, Device, or Function
How to Configure for PXE to Boot First
How to Configure for the Hard Drive to Boot First
How to Configure for Any CD/DVD to Boot First
How to Configure for Any Floppy or Removable Media to Boot First
How to Configure the BIOS CMOS Using a Golden CMOS Image
Configuring Individual CMOS Settings
How to Retrieve Static CMOS Settings
How to Configure a Dynamic Setting
How to Configure NET0_Option_ROM
How to View Chipset-Related Settings
How to Configure System Powered Off
How to Turn Off Quick Boot and Power Off Options
Commands Produce Unrelated, Innocuous, Extra Output
How to View BIOSconfig Commands in Solaris OS
BIOSconfig for Windows Known Issues
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If you run biosconfig without arguments, you get the following help output:
Issue the biosconfig command without arguments:
# biosconfig Copyright (C) SUN Microsystems 2009. BIOSconfig Utility Version 2.2.5 Build Date: Jan 11 2010 Build Time: 01:22:05 BIOSconfig Specification Version 2.4 Usage: biosconfig [-v] option [filename] Example: biosconfig -get_version output.xml [-v] Verbose on. Only valid if a xml input/output filename is provided [Filename] Name of the XML output (or input) file for get (or set) command (optional). get commands will output to the console if the filename is not provided set commands will get input from the console if the filename is not provided Available options (Required): -get_version Get version of this tool -get_boot_order Get the BOOT Devices list -set_boot_order Set the BOOT Devices list -get_bios_settings Get setup configuration from BIOS -set_bios_settings Set setup configuration to BIOS ROM -get_CMOS_dump Get 256 bytes CMOS setup data from BIOS -set_CMOS_dump Set 256 bytes of CMOS setup data to BIOS
Note - When a command is used with a -get option, the information is output as standard I/O. When the -set option is used, the information is output to a file.