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  • From: Ron Clarke <ariadne AT earthlink.com.au>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Linux hardware ID prog
  • Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 07:37:59 +1000

Hi Folks,

On Fri, 13 May 2005 21:19:42 -0500 (CDT)
James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net> wrote:

> I ran into the following information reading an article on linuxtoday.
> Seemed like this program could be of key interest to those of us who
> inherit alot of old hardware and want to analyze its potential usefulness
> under Linux. Source code is only about 32kb. Not sure if it will compile
> on libc5, but it may be worth looking into in case it does, or could be
> compiled using uclibc. Here's the info from the article:
>
> Identifying hardware without having to physically open the box is a
> tremendous time-saver, and the right utility will tell you more than a
> physical examination of the hardware.
>
> A particularly useful software utility for this is dmidecode. dmidecode
> reads information about a system's hardware as it is described in the
> system BIOS, according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard. (SMBIOS stands for
> System Management BIOS, while DMI stands for Desktop Management
> Interface.) dmidecode reads specs like system manufacturer, model name,
> serial numbers, CPU data, types of expansion slots, and pretty much
> everything on the mainboard, like so:

<snipped>

For DOS, I use NSSI for the same purpose. http://www.navsoft.cz/

Do you have a URL for dmidecode ?

Regards,
Ron

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