Hi, One a linux server (RHEL AS 2), fdisk -l command does not tell the size of hard disk. Is there a way out. Please help. [root@bangpcrh212 root]# more /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Linux Advanced Server release 2.1AS (Pensacola) Update 5 [root@bangpcrh212 root]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 8924 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 127 1020096 83 Linux /dev/sda2 128 637 4096575 83 Linux /dev/sda3 638 1019 3068415 83 Linux /dev/sda4 1020 8924 63496912+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 1020 1401 3068383+ 83 Linux /dev/sda6 1402 1656 2048256 82 Linux swap /dev/sda7 1657 8924 58380178+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 8924 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 3824 30716248+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 3825 8924 40965750 83 Linux Regards, -GnanaShekar- On 3/16/06, Dag Wieers <dag@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Ed Wilts wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 08:18:47PM +0530, unix syzadmin wrote: > > > We have a lot of RedHat Linux servers in our lab. I have been > assigned a > > > task to determine hardware configuration of these servers. Please > suggest > > > some commands that would give the following information: > > > 1. Type and No of CPU's, also their speed, > > > 2. Amount of RAM. > > > 3. No of Hard disk and their size. > > > > I would start with lshw from either Dag's archive or from the author's > > site at http://www.ezix.org/software/lshw.html. You can generate the > > output in text, xml, or html. For an html sample, I threw up the output > > from my desktop at http://www.ewilts.org/lshw.html > > > > You may also want to look at the alist project at > > http://www.brains2bytes.com/alist/. It's getting a little old but it's > > open source and cross-platform so you could update it if required. It > > will give you not only the hardware configuration but also some basic > > software configurations including patch lists. It's designed to be more > > of a client-server application that allows it to keep itself up to date. > > And dconf is something you might want to look at if the purpose is to > track changes (within a team) over time or to compare system (software and > hardware) configurations. > > http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/dconf/ > > Of course, you still need to know what command-output provides you with > this information. Those would be: dmidecode and fdisk -l > > Kind regards, > -- dag wieers, dag@xxxxxxxxxx, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- > [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power] > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
