March 2010 Archives
Fri Mar 12 13:22:26 EST 2010
Getting to BIOS from serial console
If you are like me, you've been infuriated by BIOS writers that don't
give you a humane way to get into BIOS from a terminal server. Most of the
time, the only option they give you is to hit the delete key. It's just about
guaranteed that what you send when you hit the actual "delete" key on your
keyboard is not going to be what BIOS is expecting.
Finally, someone at work dug this out from some somewhere on the 75th page of a google search.
Press esc and then - (the minus key), and it should work.
Finally, someone at work dug this out from some somewhere on the 75th page of a google search.
Press esc and then - (the minus key), and it should work.