[techtalk] how to get hardware specs

[Jeff Frasca]

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On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, alissa bader wrote:

> I am trying to figure out what type of hardware, how
> much disk space, how much ram etc is on a box.  I know
> if I was doing this on a mac I'd click on "about this
> macintosh."  I know if I was doing this on an NT
> machine, I'd check out the properties under "My
> Computer."  
> 
> Someone told me dmesg would do it, but all I get is a
> garbled bunch of infomation.

dmesg should do it, but you have to sort through the info -- under linux
it prints out the kernel messages from boot time, under Solaris, I'm not
totally sure (I don't have any hands on solaris experience, so much of
this might not work).

disk usage:  The easiest way I've found to do this is with `df'.  It
will give you usage information for each mounted volume (not entire
harddrives).  

RAM: free, it will give you the total, how much is being used, how much
is left over.  It will also give you the same information about your
swap space.

uname is also a good utility to check out, it will give you specs on the
OS and the machine type.  Depending on the system, it will give you
quite a bit of information.  On dante.u.washington.edu (the student
mailserver), uname reveals the model of computer that I'm logged into --
and I can then go look up the specs for that computer on IBM's webpage.

Jeff

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