Bios data via Cmnd Line

esage · 06-02-2006, 07:57 PM

Is there a command line call to get the details of the Bios? [SM3.3.1].

Thanks for any help.

lucky9 · 06-03-2006, 06:14 AM

reboot and enter the BIOS the way your man says to do so

jamuz · 06-06-2006, 09:42 PM

It's my understanding that every version of every BIOS formats the CMOS to suit itself, so its own SETUP program is the only way to read the CMOS.

spooon · 06-06-2006, 11:54 PM

I found this on the Internet: Dell makes a library called libsmbios that can access certain BIOS information.

kencaz · 06-07-2006, 12:24 AM

dmidecode

in root of course...

KC

jamuz · 06-07-2006, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spooon

. . . Dell makes a library called libsmbios that can access certain BIOS information.

This suggests to me that Dell has enough influence over its BIOS vendors to achieve some degree of uniformity in how they use CMOS.

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esage · 06-07-2006, 03:21 PM

Thanks very, very much!! Just what I needed!