Loading ...IBM / Lenovo Computer Print Serial Number and Other Information from a Shell Command Prompt
If you are a proud owner of IBM / Lenovo laptop / desktop computer use vpddecode command to print the "vital product data" information without opening your case or rebooting the system. This information is hardcoded on almost all IBM and Lenovo computers BIOS. It will show following information:
=> BIOS Build ID
=> Box Serial Number
=> Motherboard Serial Number
=> Machine Type/Model
=> BIOS Release Date
=> Default Flash Image File Name
Command to display BIOS information
WARNING! These examples only works on IBM/Lenovo Computer or Laptop systemsOpen terminal and type the following command as the root user:
$ sudo vpddecode
OR
# vpddecode
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Tags: computer use, desktop computer, flash image, ibm lenovo laptop, image file, laptop systems, model bios, open terminal, proud owner, release date, root user, serial number, type model ~ Last updated on: January 4, 2008
Great
Ive been searching for this for a while.
Thnx
Thanks a lot. Are there any other IBM/ Lenovo specific commands?