Hello
I ran dmidecode on my windows xp guest, but unfortunately got the following:
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# dmidecode 2.11
SMBIOS 2.5 present.
10 structures occupying 448 bytes.
Table at 0x000E1000.
Invalid entry length (0). DMI table is broken! Stop.
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I was wondering if i did something wrong and if there is a way to fix the broken
table?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jeff_59
P.S.: I made a search on the forum related to this problem but didn't find
anything similar, so i hope this new thread is legitimate. Thanks again.
[Solved] Dmidecode on the guest
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Re: Dmidecode on the guest
VirtualBox version?
Re: Dmidecode on the guest
Hello mpack,
Thanks for your message.
I'm terribly sorry, but it turns out that i posted in the wrong section. I thought i was posting
in the windows guest section and not in the windows hosts section. Indeed, my host is macOS
10.6.8 , and my host windows XP. Again sorry for this mess
Thanks for your message.
Virtualbox Version: 4.3.6mpack wrote:VirtualBox version?
I'm terribly sorry, but it turns out that i posted in the wrong section. I thought i was posting
in the windows guest section and not in the windows hosts section. Indeed, my host is macOS
10.6.8 , and my host windows XP. Again sorry for this mess
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Re: Dmidecode on the guest
- Host: OSX 10.6.8
- Guest: Windows XP
- VirtualBox: 4.3.10
DMIDecode from SourceForge works right out of the box and here is its output:
- Guest: Windows XP
- VirtualBox: 4.3.10
DMIDecode from SourceForge works right out of the box and here is its output:
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# dmidecode 2.10
SMBIOS 2.5 present.
10 structures occupying 449 bytes.
Table at 0x000E1000.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: innotek GmbH
Version: VirtualBox
Release Date: 12/01/2006
Address: 0xE0000
Runtime Size: 128 kB
ROM Size: 128 kB
Characteristics:
ISA is supported
PCI is supported
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
ACPI is supported
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: innotek GmbH
Product Name: VirtualBox
Version: 1.2
Serial Number: 0
UUID: 3823DB1F-0C8A-4135-B66C-AE6B68F8E681
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: Not Specified
Family: Virtual Machine
Handle 0x0008, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Oracle Corporation
Product Name: VirtualBox
Version: 1.2
Serial Number: 0
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Features:
Board is a hosting board
Location In Chassis: Not Specified
Chassis Handle: 0x0003
Type: Motherboard
Contained Object Handles: 0
Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 13 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: Oracle Corporation
Type: Other
Lock: Not Present
Version: Not Specified
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
Handle 0x0007, DMI type 126, 42 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x0005, DMI type 126, 15 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x0006, DMI type 126, 28 bytes
Inactive
Handle 0x0002, DMI type 11, 7 bytes
OEM Strings
String 1: vboxVer_4.3.10
String 2: vboxRev_93012
Handle 0x0008, DMI type 128, 8 bytes
OEM-specific Type
Header and Data:
80 08 08 00 E5 D0 22 00
Handle 0xFEFF, DMI type 127, 4 bytes
End Of Table
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Re: Dmidecode on the guest
Moved to "Windows Guests".
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Re: Dmidecode on the guest
At first glance I see no-one complaining in the Discuss the 4.3.6 release thread of a bunch of license activations failing, so I assume the DMI BIOS API does work correctly in that release.
Re: Dmidecode on the guest
Hello everybody
Thanks a lot for your messages. I downloaded the version you mentionned, and i'm happy to let you know
that it does work now. Thanks . It turns out that the version of dmidecode i first used (2.11) was in fact a
beta and therefore unstable version. It was all the more misleading as version 2.11b worked fine on another
windows system.
Again, thanks for your help.
Best regards,
Jeff_59
Thanks a lot for your messages. I downloaded the version you mentionned, and i'm happy to let you know
that it does work now. Thanks . It turns out that the version of dmidecode i first used (2.11) was in fact a
beta and therefore unstable version. It was all the more misleading as version 2.11b worked fine on another
windows system.
Again, thanks for your help.
Best regards,
Jeff_59