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guess-helper

guess-helper(8) 						   NVRAM WakeUp 						   guess-helper(8)

NAME

       guess-helper - Tries  to  guess	the configuration by comparing four dumps of the NVRAM.

SYNOPSIS

       guess-helper

DESCRIPTION

       guess-helper  is  a helper program from the package nvram-wakeup.  It will guide you through the procedure of creating the files needed for
       the program guess and  eventually will run guess at the end. The output will be a configuration file which might even work ;-) Don't change
       any other BIOS settings you are not told to change until the procedure is finished.

       See README.mb for more details.

SEE ALSO

       nvram-wakeup(8), guess(8), README.mb

HOMEPAGE

       http://sf.net/projects/nvram-wakeup/

AUTHOR

       Written by Sergei Haller <Sergei.Haller@math.uni-giessen.de>.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs at the bug tracking system (see HOMEPAGE) or on the mailing list nvram-wakeup-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Sergei Haller.

       This  program  is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
       the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY	WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied	warranty  of  MER-
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You  should  have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
       Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

Linux								    Jul 07 2004 						   guess-helper(8)

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