From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 15 19:29:42 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6679316A4CF for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:29:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7932743D5F for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:29:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nkinkade@fastmail.fm) Received: from frontend2.messagingengine.com (frontend2.internal [10.202.2.151]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D8CEC580FB; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:29:39 -0500 (EST) X-Sasl-enc: T3JwrJmMq5f9qwOlo5JyPQ 1108495778 Received: from gentoo-npk.bmp.ub (unknown [206.27.244.136]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id 403C9570159; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:29:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from nkinkade by gentoo-npk.bmp.ub with local (Exim 4.21) id 1D0mUg-00075u-VS; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:06:54 -0600 Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:06:54 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade To: Holtor Message-ID: <20050214200654.GP8365@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> References: <20050212055730.41452.qmail@web11603.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="e4annfiqlsPm5rKd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050212055730.41452.qmail@web11603.mail.yahoo.com> X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3FDF A406 B149 3959 A8CB C5A9 3B46 4812 D852 7E49 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What kind of motherboard? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Nathan Kinkade List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:29:42 -0000 --e4annfiqlsPm5rKd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 09:57:30PM -0800, Holtor wrote: > Hello, >=20 > 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 F= reeBSD 5.3 tell me in the > kernel bootup which can be seen in /var/run/dmesg.boot but in 4.10 I do n= ot see it anywhere. Is > there a command to see it or a sysctl which shows it or anything? Any ide= as would be appreciated.=20 >=20 > Please CC: me on any replies as I am not subscribed to the list yet. >=20 > Thank you, >=20 > 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 --e4annfiqlsPm5rKd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCEQTeO0ZIEthSfkkRApxbAKDFSHV4qMraeMsqcpauY+gG5aqRpQCfYkmV agg4S6fLQ+YbJxp6YbAasgU= =SyHy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --e4annfiqlsPm5rKd--