On Fri, 04 Apr 2003, 00:13:46 +0200, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > >>>>> "CQ" == Channon Quillen <Quillen> writes: > > CQ> Is there any way to determine a machine's make and model by using > CQ> a command line program? > > You could try using dmidecode: > http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/dmidecode Or you could install the kernel-utils RPM which contains dmidecode amongst other utilities: Name : kernel-utils Version : 2.4 Release : 8.28 Install date: Sat 08 Feb 2003 12:45:41 PM CET Group : System Environment/Base Size : 743921 License: GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Fri 07 Feb 2003 06:10:31 PM CET, Key ID 219180cddb42a60e Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> URL : http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/ Summary : Kernel and Hardware related utilities Description : kernel-utils contains several utilities that can be used to control the kernel or your machines hardware. Included are * dmidecode - gives information about the bios and motherboard revisisons * microcode_ctl - updates the microcode on Intel cpu's * smartctl - monitor the health of your disks HTH, cheers. l8er manfred -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
