Dumping your computer’s SMBIOS
Gathering information about your machine can be cumbersome.
Linux has several tools for requesting this information.dmidecode is one of the handy tools that you can use. dmidecode is a tool for dumping a computer’s DMI (SMBIOS) table content in a human-readable format. Below you can see the first part of command output.
alis@advance17:/opt/iso$ sudo dmidecode # dmidecode 2.9 SMBIOS 2.4 present. 42 structures occupying 1458 bytes. Table at 0x7FEDF000. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: Phoenix Version: SROSA001.86C. Release Date: 11/23/2007 Address: 0xE5940 Runtime Size: 108224 bytes ROM Size: 1024 kB Characteristics: ISA is supported PCI is supported PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported PNP is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed ESCD support is available Boot from CD is supported ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported AGP is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Targeted content distribution is supported Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Clevo Co. Product Name: M570RU Version: CLEVO:M570RU-1.00.07 Serial Number: Not Applicable UUID: 0090F566-683A-0000-0000-000000000000 Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: Not Specified Family: Not Specified
You can also request a specific information. For more information and possible options you can check the man pages.
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