Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:06:54 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> To: Holtor <holtor@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What kind of motherboard? Message-ID: <20050214200654.GP8365@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> In-Reply-To: <20050212055730.41452.qmail@web11603.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050212055730.41452.qmail@web11603.mail.yahoo.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 09:57:30PM -0800, Holtor wrote: > Hello, > > I have a freebsd 4.10 server. Is there anyway I can find out what kind of motherboard is inside it > without acctually taking it apart? I noticed that other servers running FreeBSD 5.3 tell me in the > kernel bootup which can be seen in /var/run/dmesg.boot but in 4.10 I do not see it anywhere. Is > there a command to see it or a sysctl which shows it or anything? Any ideas would be appreciated. > > Please CC: me on any replies as I am not subscribed to the list yet. > > Thank you, > > Holt G. My general thought is no. The manufacturer of a particular mainboard does not necessarily have anything to do with the manufacturer of any of the particular components on said motherboard - the components with which FreeBSD may actually interact, and this included the BIOS/CMOS chip. Sometimes it's really difficult to determine the manufacturer of a mainboard even by opening the box. In some cases you may have to fall back on the FCC id, and in other cases you won't even find that. Nathan [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCEQTeO0ZIEthSfkkRApxbAKDFSHV4qMraeMsqcpauY+gG5aqRpQCfYkmV agg4S6fLQ+YbJxp6YbAasgU= =SyHy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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