Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:43:22 +0600 From: "Ivan S. Baturin" <ivan@labfer.usu.ru> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: Collecting hardware information in FreeBSD Message-ID: <278539951.20060823194322@labfer.usu.ru> In-Reply-To: <20060823133133.GA63039@hades.panopticon> References: <610213347.20060823132346@labfer.usu.ru> <20060823133133.GA63039@hades.panopticon>
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Hello, Dmitry. Thanks a lot! I have managed to do what I need by mentioned utils. The most important is where to start :). Googling before you answer doesn't give an answer. Too many "lists" or so, related with "freebsd" and "hardware". So, it is more than enough, thank you. Ivan > * Ivan S. Baturin (ivan@labfer.usu.ru) wrote: >> I am not experienced in FreeBSD and need small aid in getting hardware >> info from machine on which the FreeBSD installed (the guy who managed >> this server is gone from us :( ). Is there any simple software that is >> easy to run or install/run on FreeBSD5 to get info like manufacturer, >> model, serial and etc from hardware parts installed (it need to be run >> only once or twice on two machines)? The server is running and people >> using it as http, e-mail, fileserver and other roles and I don't like >> to shutdown it (otherwise I would just boot from CD or FDD on which I >> have the Win/DOS version of Everest/Aida of Astra software which suit >> my need well). > Dunno about serials, but to get info on which hardware is installed, > you'll probably need these: > cat /var/run/dmesg.boot (generic info on devices and drivers attached) > pciconf -lv (for pci devices) > usbdevs -v (for usb devices) > atacontrol list (for ata devices) > There are some more specific utilities. For example, > ports/sysutils/dmidecode is somewhat useful.
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