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Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 13:56
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 13:56
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> Witam!
>
> //=============================================
> Q1: Is there an interrupt to get the BIOS serial number as shown on the
> power-up screen?
> A: (Ralf Brown)
> There is no general way to get the serial number. In most cases,
> you
> need to know the proper offset in the BIOS image for that particular
> make, model, and revision of the BIOS (and that offset may not even
> be present in the real-mode image loaded into shadow RAM!).
>
> Further, with a flashable BIOS, it is quite likely that every single
> machine that has been updated with a downloadable upgrade from the
> Web will have identical serial numbers, assuming they weren't
> already
> identical as shipped from the factory with the original BIOS
> version.
> Because of this, the BIOS serial number is essentially useless for
> any identification purposes.
> //=============================================
>
> Tak wiem otrzymalem odp. "There is no general way to get the serial
> number."
> Ale, moze jednak ktos zna jakis sposób? (z tego co wiem to te
> pytanie zostalo zadane w 2000 roku moze ktos cos jednak znalazl :P
> :) )
>
> Pozdrawiam!
>
ja bym wierzyl ralphowi bo on z tego co pamietam jest tworca listy
przerwan, pamieci portow, i jest to dosc obszerne, i profesjonalne.
Wyglada na to moze musisz skupic sie na klilku najczestszych
producentacjh biosow, i obczaic spsob na wykrywanie producenta, i wtedy
sprawdzac wzgledem tego
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