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hi, can anyone tell me the command to find Dell system motherboard BIOS for a linux machine ? i tried find dmidecode but that does not fetch me appropriate output ...
  1. 01-07-2011 #1
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    command to find Dell system motherboard BIOS

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    can anyone tell me the command to find Dell system motherboard BIOS for a linux machine ?

    i tried find dmidecode but that does not fetch me appropriate output

    thanks
    manali
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    Most machines show the BIOS information and version at boot time. If that doesn't work, you should be able to press the keys that take you to the BIOS configuration options to see the BIOS version.

    Otherwise, you might try using biosdecode:

    Get Information About Your BIOS / Server Hardware From a Shell Without Opening Chassis ( BIOS Decoder )
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    http://openipmi.sourceforge.net/IPMI.pdf
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