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Old 12-02-2007, 12:53 PM   #1
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Information On BIOS


Hello.

What's a command I could use to get information on my BIOS. Thanks.
 
Old 12-02-2007, 01:17 PM   #2
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dmidecode and lshw are just a couple of examples.
 
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lshw -C memory

the first section returned firmware is information about the BIOS in your machine..


for aful hardware listing just use lshw by itself
 
  


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