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Re: BB CMOS change

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In message <na.a97638524d.a80520hsdawson@ormail.co.uk>
          Howard Dawson <hsdawson@ormail.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <je1ruq$fcg$1@speranza.aioe.org>, Grahame Parish
> <maillist.parish@millers-way.net> wrote:
> > The CMOS file on the SD card is the equivalent to CMOS RAM in an older 
> > machine.  It stores settings that you need at start-up, filesystem, boot 
> > drive, etc.
> >
> Hi,
> 
> I don't think it looks after things like mouse, k/b, sound, screen blanker,
> etc. though (please correct me if wrong as it doesn't seem to for me).
> 
> When I first got my BB, I wrote a little workaround (until a full fix is
> available) to get this stuff to be remembered and reinstated at boot-up.
> It seems to work OK with all issues of Beagle ROM to present time.
> 
> You might want to try it.
> 
> http://hd-audio.orpheusweb.co.uk/downloads/bb_cmos.zip
> 
> Settings are stored inside the small application when shutting down and are
> reinstated at boot-up.

Howard, you are a long way behind the curve.  If you install a
recent BB ROM image, you'll find it supports "CMOS RAM" functionally
identically to a machine that has real CMOS RAM.

Dave

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BB CMOS change Patric <patric@invalid.de> - 2012-01-04 16:13 +0100
  Re: BB CMOS change Grahame Parish <maillist.parish@millers-way.net> - 2012-01-04 15:41 +0000
    Re: BB CMOS change Howard Dawson <hsdawson@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-01-06 20:05 +0000
      Re: BB CMOS change Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-01-06 21:37 +0000
        Re: BB CMOS change Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2012-01-09 15:29 +0000
          Re: BB CMOS change Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-01-09 16:35 +0000
            Re: BB CMOS change patric <patric@invalid.com> - 2012-01-10 01:39 +0100
              Re: BB CMOS change Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-01-10 22:52 +0000
            Re: BB CMOS change Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2012-01-11 16:46 +0000
              Re: BB CMOS change Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-01-11 22:41 +0000
                Re: BB CMOS change Howard Dawson <hsdawson@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-01-12 18:56 +0000
                Re: BB CMOS change Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2012-01-14 13:35 +0000
                Re: BB CMOS change Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2012-01-14 15:24 +0000
                Re: BB CMOS change Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2012-01-14 17:10 +0000
                Re: BB CMOS change Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2012-01-15 10:56 +0000
                Re: BB CMOS change Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-01-14 18:02 +0000
          Re: BB CMOS change Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-01-16 21:00 +0000
            Re: BB CMOS change Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-01-16 22:39 +0000
              Re: BB CMOS change davehigton <davehigton14@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-17 00:19 -0800
                Re: BB CMOS change Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-01-17 11:28 +0000
                Re: BB CMOS change Patric <patric@invalid.de> - 2012-01-17 15:42 +0100
                Re: BB CMOS change Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-01-17 15:05 +0000
      Re: BB CMOS change Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-08 16:42 +0100
        Re: BB CMOS change Howard Dawson <hsdawson@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-01-09 19:34 +0000
          Re: BB CMOS change Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2012-01-10 20:15 +0000
      Re: BB CMOS change Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-01-08 22:40 +0000
        Re: BB CMOS change Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-01-08 22:46 +0000

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