RE: [cobalt-users] CMOS Restore

["jim st john" <jim@xxxxxxxx>]

Classify this as an educated guess:

CMOS restore reloads a portion of the CMOS with a set of default values
stored in the ROM firmware.  I assume that this is intended to fix
problems relating to different usage of CMOS locations by different
versions of the ROM.  So the restore process insures that all CMOS
parameters are valid for the current rom version.

I recently upgraded the ROM in a raq3 to 2.9.34 (was 2.3.something).
When done the raq refused to reboot, gave me kernel panics.  After
restoring CMOS it rebooted properly and is working fine.

-jim-

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of T. Jay Fowler
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 4:51 PM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-users] CMOS Restore

Hello -

I saw a recent posting mentioning CMOS restore procedure. I'm wondering
if
someone can explain to me what it is, what if modifies, and what the
ultimate result is. Does it "wipe" the machine, or does it just reset
the
bios, etc.? I've searched the archives and found no mention.

t. jay 
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