On 11 Jan 2023 at 17:58, Montague Bestes via users wrote: Date sent: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 17:58:25 +0000 (UTC) To: "noloader@xxxxxxxxx" <noloader@xxxxxxxxx>, Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Installed Fedora 37 on older Dell with Windows 10, but doen't show windows as boot option?? Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> From: Montague Bestes via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Copies to: "Michael D. Setzer II" <mikes@xxxxxxxx>, Montague Bestes <mbestes60@xxxxxxxxx> > > Couldn't resist. My first computer (My Dad's actually) was a Commodore that used a cassette player for non-volatile > storage and a television set as the monitor. I am guessing it was a commodore 64. > > Moe First PC was the Heathkit H-120, but first computer in high school was a 1963 IBM 1130 with 4K of Ram (core memory) with punch cards and teletype console. Had 5M removable hard disk. That was in mid 70s, but only computer in whole Guam school system.. When I got H-120, school had moved up to a IBM System 34 with 96K or Ram, with 63.9M Hard disk, but it had 12 crt terminals with 12" green screen. IBM 5251 and IBM 5252 terminals. Also, had 8" floppy disks... > > On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 02:54:03 AM EST, Barry <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On 10 Jan 2023, at 14:26, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 9:19 AM Michael D. Setzer II via users > > <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> On 10 Jan 2023 at 8:16, Go Canes wrote: > >> [...] > >>> Older Dell systems had a sticker with the Windows license key. You > >>> can use "sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM" to extract a > >>> license key that is embedded in the firmware. There is also a Windows > >>> program I have used that extracts the license key along with other > >>> useful info, but I don't remember what it is, and I don't have any of > >>> my Windows VM booted at the moment. > >> > >> Strange.. Looked all over the machine, and Only 2 > >> stickers I find on machine are one that says Windows 7, > >> and another one that says Intel i5 inside?? > >> But when I got machine, it had Windows 10 installed, > >> and CPU-z and lshw-gui both show the CPU as an i3 not > >> an i5? > > > > Oh man, it sounds like you got hustled. It sounds like someone put a > > Core-i5 sticker on that machine. > > > >> Think I've used belarc advisor before and think it > >> actually displays the windows key. Think it is Optiplex > >> 9020 small form.. > > > >> Since the Windows 10 was installed on regular bios boot, > >> don't think the firmware would have any info. > > > > You can view the BIOS/UEFI infor with dmidecode. I use dmidecode to > > check BIOS/UEFI versions from the command line. I'm not sure if it > > would be helpful in this case, though. > > > > Dmidecode will also list the service tag ona dell machine. > > Barry > >> Just had a > >> small sda1partition with recovery, and sda2 was the c > >> drive on the 1T drive with 8G of ram. Had done a check > >> on upgrading cpu, but the socket and bios it reported > >> wouldn't support above the i3, or above the chips > >> generation. Recently upgraded CPU in one of my ASUS > >> motherboards from and AMD 2 core to AMD 8 core with > >> no issues. Did require a much better fan to keep temp > >> down. First computer was a Heathkit H-120 with 8088 > >> and 8080 cpus. Had 768K of Ram with separate video > >> board with 192K of ram from video. Way back in 1983. > >> Old dos 1 with dual 320K floppies. So, lots of changes > >> over years.. > > > > Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. 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