Command/Script to find out what hardware is on machine

[Kim Lanners]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your prompt reply.

One more question....If I were to install more RAM to the machine, will RH
Linux 7.1 pick up the change after a reboot, or will I have to tell it?

Thanks,

Kim

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Osten [mailto:kulua at reefedge.com]
>Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 9:00 PM
>To: list at sme-net.com
>Cc: kclug at kclug.org
>Subject: Re: Command/Script to find out what hardware is on machine
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>Some where in the universe on Fri, 25 Jan 2002 20:36:41 -0600
>"Kim Lanners" <list at sme-net.com> wrote:
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>> Hello,
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>> Is there a command / program similar to Windows 'Device System' which
>will
>> report all peripherals? I am interested in having Linux report what it
>sees
>> for total RAM installed.
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>> Also, what file do I modify so as to let Linux 7.1 know that there is
>128MB
>> RAM on the system? Would this be the lilo.conf file? I am very much a
>newbie
>> and if you could be very specific in your instructions, I would really
>> appreciate it. ;)
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>First of all, there is no "Linux 7.1".  I'm assuming that you have "RedHat
>7.1".  To find out how much memory you have type:
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>dmesg | grep Memory
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>You should not have to specify how much memory you have to lilo in that
>version of RedHat.
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>Michael Osten
>Reefedge Inc.
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