How to access BIOS ROM binary from linux shell -
i want binary code in rom, made general file in linux. how it. , memory address rom accessed?
it possible read rom bios content.
- when code not under protected mode os linux
- for example, when in boot mode. @ time rom bios content in memory @ 0x000f0000 address - take @ ibm pc system architecture memory map: http://wiki.osdev.org/memory_map_(x86). can copy need right memory.
if need rom bios content study, can use bios dump utilities - there lot of them.
you can check utility biosdenter link description hereecode
check utility flashrom. provided system supported, can read bios content issuing
flashrom -r outputfile
another utility dmidecode
dmidecode -t bios
read memory c:0000 f:ffff without need dmidecode
sample command:
dd if=/dev/mem bs=1k skip=768 count=256 2>/dev/null | strings -n 8
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