Get BIOS, Firmware, Hardware And Drivers Details in Linux/Unix
How to get the BIOS (Basic Input Output System) information and other information in Linux/Unix such as 1.Hardware 2.CPU information 3.Drivers installed in Linux machine. For every operation/work in Linux there will be one command, this is true most of the time (all you need is to find that command). How to get BIOS info without rebooting the system? The command for this is dmidecode(DMI table decoder). Some times BIOS is called as DMI too. Just execute the command, It will just dump a lots and a lots of information about the system hardware. dmidecode not only give BIOS info it will give all the hardware detail present in the machine. Syntax for dmidecode command dmidecode options Learn dmidecode with examples Example 1: Display all the hardware, firmware, BIOS info #dmidecode clipped output: # dmidecode 2.11 SMBIOS 2.7 present. 32 structures occupying 1539 bytes. Table at 0x000E6760. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: Hewlett-Packard Version: F.22 Release Date: 07/27/2011 ROM Size: 2560 kB Characteristics: PCI is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed Boot from CD is supported Selectable boot is supported EDD is supported Japanese floppy for NEC 9800 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h) Japanese floppy for Toshiba 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h) 5.25"/360 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/720 kB...
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