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| Leon Whyte... |
 Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:53 am |
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I am going to buy a laptop to load Linux into and I wonder if there is a CD /
iso that I can burn to put in a computer and see what is in the computer
complete with a list of the hardware along with the brand and model number.
I have tried a couple of the "rescue" CDs and they don't show the maker of the
hard drive for instance.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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| Moe Trin... |
| Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:53 pm |
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On Thu, 01 Oct 2009, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux, in article
<gv2xm.46030$Db2.21217 at (no spam) edtnps83>, Leon Whyte wrote:
Quote: I am going to buy a laptop to load Linux into and I wonder if there
is a CD / iso that I can burn to put in a computer and see what is in
the computer complete with a list of the hardware along with the
brand and model number.
"complete" - no, probably not. You would probably not be able to
identify such things as the motherboard.
Quote: I have tried a couple of the "rescue" CDs and they don't show the
maker of the hard drive for instance.
I dunno - where are you looking? That should show up in the boot
messages (for example, /var/log/messages) or using one of the 'ls'
type of commands (such as lspci, lsusb). Messages sent to the
kernel ring buffer (dmesg) may also have clues/data, but you'd have
to know more about your specific rescue or live CD (some dump the
boot messages to a file in /var/log - use the 'ls -lrt' command to
sort out which).
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| Leon Whyte... |
| Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:18 pm |
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Moe Trin wrote:
Quote: On Thu, 01 Oct 2009, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux, in article
gv2xm.46030$Db2.21217 at (no spam) edtnps83>, Leon Whyte wrote:
I am going to buy a laptop to load Linux into and I wonder if there
is a CD / iso that I can burn to put in a computer and see what is in
the computer complete with a list of the hardware along with the
brand and model number.
"complete" - no, probably not. You would probably not be able to
identify such things as the motherboard.
I have tried a couple of the "rescue" CDs and they don't show the
maker of the hard drive for instance.
I dunno - where are you looking? That should show up in the boot
messages (for example, /var/log/messages) or using one of the 'ls'
type of commands (such as lspci, lsusb). Messages sent to the
kernel ring buffer (dmesg) may also have clues/data, but you'd have
to know more about your specific rescue or live CD (some dump the
boot messages to a file in /var/log - use the 'ls -lrt' command to
sort out which).
Old guy
I think I should have mentioned that all the computers I look at will have MS
vista on them and I don't know how to run that.
I just remembered "hdparm" and it tells me the brand of hard drive.
Thanks
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| Moe Trin... |
| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:03 pm |
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On Fri, 02 Oct 2009, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux, in article
<qFbxm.47426$PH1.3699 at (no spam) edtnps82>, Leon Whyte wrote:
Quote: Moe Trin wrote:
Leon Whyte wrote:
I am going to buy a laptop to load Linux into and I wonder if there
is a CD / iso that I can burn to put in a computer and see what is
in the computer complete with a list of the hardware along with the
brand and model number.
"complete" - no, probably not. You would probably not be able to
identify such things as the motherboard.
[hard drive]
Quote: That should show up in the boot messages (for example,
/var/log/messages) or using one of the 'ls' type of commands (such
as lspci, lsusb).
I think I should have mentioned that all the computers I look at will
have MS vista on them and I don't know how to run that.
People tell me "Control Panel -> System" as well as the "Device Manager"
item on that menu. Apparently vista is such a resource hog that
microsoft had to add tools/menu-items to allow the user to identify
the hardware and see what needs to be upgraded.
Quote: I just remembered "hdparm" and it tells me the brand of hard drive.
That will work - I usually boot to a command line, and looking at the
/var/log/messages file tells me virtually all I need to know. Snooping
around the /proc/ files will also hit gold.
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| Jim... |
| Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:57 am |
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Moe Trin wrote:
Quote: On Fri, 02 Oct 2009, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux, in article
qFbxm.47426$PH1.3699 at (no spam) edtnps82>, Leon Whyte wrote:
Moe Trin wrote:
Leon Whyte wrote:
I am going to buy a laptop to load Linux into and I wonder if there
is a CD / iso that I can burn to put in a computer and see what is
in the computer complete with a list of the hardware along with the
brand and model number.
"complete" - no, probably not. You would probably not be able to
identify such things as the motherboard.
[hard drive]
That should show up in the boot messages (for example,
/var/log/messages) or using one of the 'ls' type of commands (such
as lspci, lsusb).
I think I should have mentioned that all the computers I look at will
have MS vista on them and I don't know how to run that.
People tell me "Control Panel -> System" as well as the "Device Manager"
item on that menu. Apparently vista is such a resource hog that
microsoft had to add tools/menu-items to allow the user to identify
the hardware and see what needs to be upgraded.
I just remembered "hdparm" and it tells me the brand of hard drive.
That will work - I usually boot to a command line, and looking at the
/var/log/messages file tells me virtually all I need to know. Snooping
around the /proc/ files will also hit gold.
Old guy
Are these PC/Laptops still in the store? Meaning you can't modify them
until you purchase them?
If you can modify them try the Windows program Belarc do a Google search
for it.
Otherwise try one of the Linux LiveCDs.
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| Leon Whyte... |
| Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:18 am |
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Jim wrote:
Quote: Moe Trin wrote:
On Fri, 02 Oct 2009, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux, in article
qFbxm.47426$PH1.3699 at (no spam) edtnps82>, Leon Whyte wrote:
Moe Trin wrote:
Leon Whyte wrote:
I am going to buy a laptop to load Linux into and I wonder if there
is a CD / iso that I can burn to put in a computer and see what is
in the computer complete with a list of the hardware along with the
brand and model number.
"complete" - no, probably not. You would probably not be able to
identify such things as the motherboard.
[hard drive]
That should show up in the boot messages (for example,
/var/log/messages) or using one of the 'ls' type of commands (such
as lspci, lsusb).
I think I should have mentioned that all the computers I look at will
have MS vista on them and I don't know how to run that.
People tell me "Control Panel -> System" as well as the "Device Manager"
item on that menu. Apparently vista is such a resource hog that
microsoft had to add tools/menu-items to allow the user to identify
the hardware and see what needs to be upgraded.
I just remembered "hdparm" and it tells me the brand of hard drive.
That will work - I usually boot to a command line, and looking at the
/var/log/messages file tells me virtually all I need to know. Snooping
around the /proc/ files will also hit gold.
Old guy
Are these PC/Laptops still in the store? Meaning you can't modify them
until you purchase them?
If you can modify them try the Windows program Belarc do a Google search
for it.
Otherwise try one of the Linux LiveCDs.
Jim
OK! Well I bought one as I had to give up trying to find out much about what was
inside them. None of the stores would let me put a CD in their computers.
I bought a 17' HP AMD dual core laptop from a salesman who I talked into
showing me what Vista could see about the hardware.
All the other stores have hired cretins that know not what they do.
I did find a CD "UBCD Boot Disk" http://freshmeat.net/projects/ultimatebootcd/
And it seems to be much more like what I was looking for but does not make a list.
Thank you all for your help. It is very much appreciated.
Leon
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| Harold... |
| Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:52 am |
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Leon Whyte wrote:
Quote: I am going to buy a laptop to load Linux into and I wonder if there is a CD /
iso that I can burn to put in a computer and see what is in the computer
complete with a list of the hardware along with the brand and model number.
I have tried a couple of the "rescue" CDs and they don't show the maker of the
hard drive for instance.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
You may want to try RIPlinux available here:
<http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/>
RIPlinux is a live CD that has the lshw command that displays
hardware information.
lshw | less
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| SINNER... |
| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:02 pm |
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* Leon Whyte wrote in comp.os.linux:
Quote: I am going to buy a laptop to load Linux into and I wonder if there is
a CD / iso that I can burn to put in a computer and see what is in the
computer complete with a list of the hardware along with the brand and
model number. I have tried a couple of the "rescue" CDs and they don't
show the maker of the hard drive for instance.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
http://www.gtopala.com/
If this utility does not do what you want, I cant imagine youll find one.
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