How to Identify the BIOS Version

[David Curry]

Ulrich Drepper wrote:

> vimalraj.t wrote:
>
>> Let me know, is there any command to identify the System BIOS version in
>> Linux ??
>
>
> Usually using /usr/sbin/dmidecode.  Look at the very first few lines.
>
My system (FC-2) doesn't seem to recognize "dmidecode" as a command.  
I'm pretty sure, though, that BIOS info displays every time I shutdown 
and reboot my system from a cold start.