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
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