Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 07:27:39 -0500 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: Mike Woods <Mike@the-rubber-chicken-network.co.uk> Cc: ajeshjohn@fastmail.fm Subject: Re: NIC and RPM of a hard disk Message-ID: <416141BB.6040308@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <41610BBB.1@the-rubber-chicken-network.co.uk> References: <1096877410.11068.205694741@webmail.messagingengine.com> <41610BBB.1@the-rubber-chicken-network.co.uk>
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Mike Woods wrote: > Ajesh John wrote: > >> Hi, >> How can I know if there is an in-built NIC in my mother-board? >> And How can I know the RPM of my hard disk?, Is it possible to know both >> these in FreeBSD?, I'm using FreeBSD5.1 - Release, >> > For the NIC, ifconfig will show all the network devices installed on a > machine but if you want to confirm if it's onboard...... > > look at the back of the machine, often above the usb ports. > > As for the hard drive the only way to find the rpm is to grab the > model number and look it up :) Type in dmesg at the console, use scroll lock and the up/down keys to move around. somewhere around the end of it it will display something such as "ad0: 38154MB <TOSHIBA MK4025GAS> [77520/16/63] ata0-master BIOSPIO". Common Drive speeds (in newer computers): EIDE(ATA): 7200, 5400 SATA: 7200, 10000 SCSI: 10000, 15000 laptop: 4200, 5400
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