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    SubjectRe: Querying the bios from booted linux kernel?
    Gene Heskett wrote:
    > Greetings;
    >
    > Is there a utility that can query the motherboard bios and get a list of the
    > drives it can see?
    >
    > Likewise, for the bios extension contained on a pny sata card with a Silicon
    > Image chipset on it?
    >
    > I'm trying to cobble up a way for linux to boot from the drive on this sata
    > card, so that the F8 install is completely separated from the FC6 install on
    > a pata drive connected to the mainboard.
    >

    No, but if you configure in EDD support (and don't disable it), then the
    kernel will do so on your behalf during early boot.

    Unfortunately, it is not trivial to produce a mapping from EDD data to
    real-life disks. Your best bet is if the disks have an MBR signature,
    in which case the EDD code will capture those; you can then correlate
    them to real disks.

    -hpa


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