BIOS Inspection Using dmidecode
Until recently, I thought dmidecode was an interesting curiosity but nothing more. That was until I needed to upgrade the BIOS on a classroom full of machines without disturbing the students. Instead of upgrading each system in a careful order, I jumped on systems as they became available. Eventually, I thought I was done but couldn't be sure. Then it hit me:
for I in {1..20}
do
ssh root@station$I dmidecode | grep -A 3 'BIOS Info' | grep Version
done
And that is why I love Linux!
