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VinzC
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 Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:05 pm Post subject: How do I retrieve motherboard brand and/or ID? |
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Hi.
I'd like to identify my motherboard other than by rebooting. Is it possible?
Thanks.
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nonotme
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| Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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Open up that case, it's usually printed on the board somewhere 
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VinzC
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| Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| nonotme wrote: | | Open up that case, it's usually printed on the board somewhere |
I prefer rebooting. So I guess the ansqer is "No".
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Eskarel
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Well you could theoretically look at lspci and the various other /proc directories to find out what components you have and then try to search to see what possible boards have that set of components, but a reboot is probably the easiest, or taking off the side of the case if for some reason you can't power down.
Why do you need to find it out without rebooting anyway? |
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codergeek42
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| Code: | # emerge lshw
# lshw | $PAGER |
should give you some useful information...
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Use DMI
Try emerge dmidecode. You can try to retrive some information form the DMI block of the ROM BIOS.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:00 am Post subject: |
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| sf_alpha wrote: | | Try emerge dmidecode. |
Wow, dmidecode is awesome. Thanks!
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VinzC
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:51 am Post subject: |
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| Eskarel wrote: | Well you could theoretically look at lspci and the various other /proc directories to find out what components you have and then try to search to see what possible boards have that set of components, but a reboot is probably the easiest, or taking off the side of the case if for some reason you can't power down.
Why do you need to find it out without rebooting anyway? |
Mainly because my server takes an eternity to boot, not due to Gentoo but to hardware scan. I have an embedded Promise Fasttrack which I couldn't find how to disable. It scans all the disks - but there are none. And it takes soooo much time.
For other reasons it's very boring to remove the case. It's an old case that has no removable side. The whole cover must be removed after I unplug the cables, remove the machine from the furniture...
I'll also try dmidecode and lshw.
Thanks to all.
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VinzC
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:01 am Post subject: |
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 I have a better solution: the board User's Manual...
(I need to get some sleep indeed)
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