where can I get BIOS information in linux?

anuradha06 · 12-16-2005, 12:22 AM

Hi

I need the BIOS information as in the version,the manufacturer,etc....
Can anyone please tell me which command or file would help me get the same.

cheers!
Anu

bulliver · 12-16-2005, 02:04 AM

lshw will give you a bit of info on your BIOS. Here's a bit of output from my system:

Code:

          description: BIOS
          vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
          physical id: 0
          version: ASUS A7N8X2.0 ACPI BIOS Rev 1007 (10/06/2003)
          size: 64KB
          capacity: 192KB

HTH

TruongAn · 12-16-2005, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bulliver

lshw will give you a bit of info on your BIOS. Here's a bit of output from my system:

Code:

          description: BIOS
          vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
          physical id: 0
          version: ASUS A7N8X2.0 ACPI BIOS Rev 1007 (10/06/2003)
          size: 64KB
          capacity: 192KB

HTH

The lshw command is not available on my computer?

2damncommon · 12-16-2005, 08:57 AM

On my Suse I have "hwinfo".
hwinfo --bios
provides about 3 screens of BIOS info.
Thanks for making me look for that command.

bulliver · 12-16-2005, 12:48 PM

TruongAn:

Rpms for lshw...
http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=lshw

TruongAn · 12-17-2005, 05:55 AM

There is no packae for FC4.
Is it safe to use the FC3 package?

linmix · 12-17-2005, 07:17 AM

Try using Google Linux.

First result of 'lshw fc4' tells you dries has it in his repo. Set up the dries repo for yum and install.

arunvk · 12-17-2005, 07:39 AM

isnt there any built in command to do this.

linmix · 12-17-2005, 07:57 AM

built-in is not a word that can easily apply to any linux distro. Only the kernel is really linux and all the rest are add-ons anyway. That's why it's more correct to talk about GNU/Linux anyway. So whether or not a specific command comes with a distro standard depends on whether the developers consider it should be in the base package.
As an example: I personally feel commands like make and c compiler(s) should be part of any distro, but the versions of suse I've tried didn't have it in the cd. It was available from the repos though...

arunvk · 12-17-2005, 08:31 AM

thanks for getting that clear.

bulliver · 12-17-2005, 01:37 PM

I have been assuming you need this info for a program or something with the system running. If all you need is the BIOS type and version it is probably just easier to reboot your computer, and see what the BIOS tells you...

TruongAn · 12-18-2005, 08:38 AM

A problem with lshw installion:
I download the lshw for fc4 package.
use rpm to install it and it say:

Code:

libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.6) is needed by lshw-2.06-1.2.fc4.rf.i386

But it is not true.
The file libstdc++.so.6 is exist in the folder /usr/lib.
slocate give me these two path:

Code:

# slocate libstdc++.so.6
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.4
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6

What would I do now?