Re: Determining BIOS version - I fouled up

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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:25:54 +0000
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akonstam@trinity.edu wrote:
> I should never give advice before 6 am. On my machine the BIOS version
> appearsd at the bottom of the initial splash screen, but I realize
> that may be manufacturer specific.

Manufacturer specific, yes, but it's pretty general on desktops and
servers (although I'm not sure about those from HP, IBM, or Dell: we
tend to steer clear of those).

And it tends to be more accurate than the data dmidecode can dredge up:
BIOS manufacturers tend to care more about data that gets flashed up
every boot than data that gets shown when a few users of a minority OS
decide to run what has been an unusual program...

So I don't think any apology was necessary.

Thanks for all your input, by the way.

James.

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