Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 02:45:22 -0700 From: John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net> To: Peter Salvage <wizard@sybaweb.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dmesg question Message-ID: <20010613024522.C6020@johncoop> In-Reply-To: <004101c0f3eb$a3d233a0$0200a8c0@ait.co.za>; from wizard@sybaweb.co.za on Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 02:31:35 -0700 References: <004101c0f3eb$a3d233a0$0200a8c0@ait.co.za>
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On 2001.06.13 02:31 Peter Salvage wrote: > Hi all > > I've been asked by someone to give them the output of dmesg showing the > machine's hardware info. The man page reveals the following: > > NAME > dmesg - display the system message buffer > > SYNOPSIS > dmesg [-a] [-M core] [-N system] > > DESCRIPTION > Dmesg displays the contents of the system message buffer. > The options are as follows: > -a Show all data in the message buffer. This includes any > syslog > records and /dev/console output. > -M Extract values associated with the name list from the > specified > core instead of the default /dev/kmem. > -N Extract the name list from the specified system instead of > the > default /kernel. > > Would someone please help me to get the required info? > <sigh> > > TIA > /wiZZ > It's easier than you think: dmesg | less (to view) dmesg > some_file_name (to transport in a file) Give it a try. It's not going to break anything. YMMV. jmc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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