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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/05/12 21:04, paul sutton wrote: > which lists stacks of hardware information for the computer, this > could be very useful to people here who need help but are unsure > what hardware they have. you need to be root or use sudo to run > it. > > > Don't forget that dmidecode > hardware will dump the out put to a > file so if need be it can be printed or attached to an e-mail. dmidecode takes it's information from the Desktop Management Interface section of the BIOS. Which dosn't necessarily correspond with the hardware. It also includes things such as machine serial nubers. There is also "lshw" which as well as looking at the BIOS also probes the busses. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+pYHAACgkQsoRLMhsZpFfb1ACbBD1O2xfsWeG50aZPPncLqNsP y2QAnRvcGJYdO92SpdltG1IuoUcBnM5v =Sb0z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq