https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/read-bios-without-reboot/m-p/4687997#M42175 <BR />Hello,<BR /><BR />We normally reboot any system inorder to check the BIOS settings.<BR />Is there any such tool available which can do this job for us? So basically How do we read BIOS settings in a running server without having to reboot it.<BR /><BR /><BR />Thanx,<BR />admin Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:43:16 GMT admin1979 2010-09-17T10:43:16Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/read-bios-without-reboot/m-p/4687997#M42175 <BR />Hello,<BR /><BR />We normally reboot any system inorder to check the BIOS settings.<BR />Is there any such tool available which can do this job for us? So basically How do we read BIOS settings in a running server without having to reboot it.<BR /><BR /><BR />Thanx,<BR />admin Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:43:16 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/read-bios-without-reboot/m-p/4687997#M42175 admin1979 2010-09-17T10:43:16Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/read-bios-without-reboot/m-p/4687998#M42176 Hi,<BR /><BR />You can use the command "biosdecode" for that matter. For a much more human-readable format, you can also use "dmidecode".<BR /><BR />Regards,<BR />Viktor Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:32:20 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/read-bios-without-reboot/m-p/4687998#M42176 Viktor Balogh 2010-09-18T07:32:20Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/read-bios-without-reboot/m-p/4687999#M42177 Here is a quick howto on this topic:<BR /><BR /><A href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/querying-dumping-bios-from-linux-command-prompt.html" target="_blank">http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/querying-dumping-bios-from-linux-command-prompt.html</A><BR /><BR /> Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:33:28 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/read-bios-without-reboot/m-p/4687999#M42177 Viktor Balogh 2010-09-18T07:33:28Z