[Soekris] Changing net4801 BIOS settings from Linux (boot order)

[Andrej Ota]

>> Is there a way of changing boot order of devices from within Linux
>> (kernel 2.6.18)?
> Not really a way supported by Soekris; however, you should be able to
>  use the 'nvram' kernel driver, read the NVRAM data, and write out 
> the changes (or maybe just the whole thing; I'm not sure which is the
>  best

...

> It would appear that the drive order is specified starting at byte 
> 0x0013, based on what I see there; you'd have to check your own unit 
> and see if the offset is the same or not. You should be able to find 
> it fairly easily if you know the boot order you set in the boot 
> monitor.

I've seen this on my net4801 as well, but these bytes remain constant,
regardless of the comBIOS setting. I can change them, but they don't
affect the boot sequence (at least not in version 1.28).

Does anyone from Soekris have any pointers? Even for *BSD, since I just
need some good place to start.

G, Andrej.