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  From: Matthew Geddes <mgeddes@xavier.sa.edu.au>
  To  : Linux Mailing List <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 09:31:34 +1030

Re: Accessing BIOS Setup

Timothy Aslat wrote:

> Sam Silvester wrote:
> > I have a couple of old Olivetti M4's (486DX/2) that I had planned on
> > putting linux on to run as servers for dhcp and samba, but I can't work
> > out what key combination i need to press to get into the setup utility
> > to configure the hard disk drives / cd-rom etc.
> > I have tried the olivetti website (www.olivettilexikon.com) but haven't
> > had any luck.
> > Does anyone know what I should do?

Try holding down a bunch 'o' keys while it's doing the POST. It should
complain loudly about a keyboard error and *most* machines will allow you to
access the CMOS.

Matt