Does Linux have a CMOS Setup Application, possibly from a LiveCD?

[Jonathan Hutchins]

On Mon, March 31, 2008 16:59, djgoku wrote:

> What about setting up a serial console? You would need another
> machine, but this would work. Just an idea, I haven't read all the way
> through the email nor replies.

BIOS-level serial console requires hardware.  Someone was developing a
card a few years back, but they were several hundred dollars.  Software
serial console doesn't kick in until the kernel loads.