Questions tagged [bios]
The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) on an x86 PC is the firmware that performs the power-on self-test (POST) and initializes hardware.
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Linux kernel access to ACPI Tables
How does linux kernel access ACPI Tables via EFI_SYSTEM_TABLE from the firmware? How does it get the pointer to the EFI_SYSTEM_TABLE? and where is it saved? Is it a global variable in the kernel and ...
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How to programatically get size of the EEPROM where the bios is stored
I tried getting Bios Rom size from Dmidecode which says 16MB. But the vender specs says it should be 32MB. Is there any way to dive in and read the size of the whole chip (ROM where bios is stored). ...
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No CPU Information with dmidecode in VirtualBox on Linux Environment
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I am experiencing an issue with obtaining detailed CPU information using the dmidecode command on a Linux guest OS virtual machine running in VirtualBox. The dmidecode command provides ...
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Macbook air boots directly to grub menu, can't access BIOS or Boot menu anymore
Running Macbook air 2017 with inuxmint 21.1 xfce, even if I press alt key or alt+e or command+alt+r while booting, it jumps directly to grub menu and i can't access BIOS or boot options. I can't even ...
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nixos live usb boot stuck at Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ok
When trying to boot from a NixOS live usb with 23.11, gnome for x86_64:
On a Asus C236 WSI Motherboard with this BIOS:
$ ls -l /sys/class/dmi/id/bios* ...
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Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS - How to avoid Grub recovery upon restart
I am new to Linux. After playing with installation of NVIDIA drivers and CUDA utils on my Dell laptop which has Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS and Windows installed, and doing some updates which I don't really ...
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OS detects less memory than BIOS
I have OpenBSD 7.5 installed on a Beelink SER5 MAX Mini PC. The product has 16 GiB memory, and the BIOS detects Total Memory: 16384 MB (DDR4). However, OpenBSD top only reports Memory: Real: 169M/...
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ACPI BIOS Error During Boot: Could Not Resolve Symbols
During boot, my Linux system displays the following error messages:
[ 0.129513][ T1] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [_SB.PCO0.1200.TPDO], AE_NOT_FOUND (20230628/dswload2-162)
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Debian Driver issues [duplicate]
I have recently built a PC. Specs:
Mobo: TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI
GPU: Radeon Rx 6800 XT OC
CPU: Ryzen 7 7800x3d
RAM: 2x 16GB 6000Hz CL30
First I've installed Windows. That system had problems with ...
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SATA options & conflicts for dual booting windows and Linux
I am currently on a laptop running windows 11 and was looking to dual boot into arch preferably. However when I tried installing arch no recognised drives could be found.
I then found by searching ...
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Reboot and select proper boot device SSD error
My SSD worked fine for months, and is plugged in to the motherboard through separate power and data cables.
Recently I plugged out the data cable with the power cable still plugged in and booted the ...
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How to erase or disable boot info from drives
I have a computer with 5 hard drives, but when I stop the BIOS to look at my choices, it has 14 choices for booting (Including a DVD, but let's ignore that). These are choices in BIOS, not in GRUB -- ...
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Create UEFI/BIOS chip dump from within Linux
Some people recommend using flashrom to create backup dump of a PC's UEFI/BIOS SPI flash contents. However, flashrom does not work with all platforms. Sometimes people recommend finding the address ...
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I can't Install any Linux Distro on new AMD Ryzen 7 5700U Mini PC
I'm trying to install Proxmox on a new Mini PC (GMKteck NucBox M5 Pro Mini PC) but keep getting the following error :
EFI boot mode detected, mounting efivars filesystem mount:
/sys/firmware/efi/...
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ACPI BIOS error
I've had problems with my Laptop since a while now, I cant explain it that good but i can try. There a multiple problems, the first occurs when booting my Laptop (ROG Strix G513RW_G513RW 1.0), when ...
