Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:47:49 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Querying the bios from booted linux kernel? |
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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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