Collecting hardware information in FreeBSD

[Ivan S. Baturin]

Hello, Dmitry.

Thanks a lot! I have managed to do what I need by mentioned utils. The
most important is where to start :). Googling before you answer
doesn't give an answer. Too many "lists" or so, related with "freebsd" and
"hardware".

So, it is more than enough, thank you.

Ivan


> * Ivan S. Baturin (ivan at labfer.usu.ru) wrote:
>> I am not experienced in FreeBSD and need small aid in getting hardware
>> info from machine on which the FreeBSD installed (the guy who managed
>> this server is gone from us :( ). Is there any simple software that is
>> easy to run or install/run on FreeBSD5 to get info like manufacturer,
>> model, serial and etc from hardware parts installed (it need to be run
>> only once or twice on two machines)? The server is running and people
>> using it as http, e-mail, fileserver and other roles and I don't like
>> to shutdown it (otherwise I would just boot from CD or FDD on which I
>> have the Win/DOS version of Everest/Aida of Astra software which suit
>> my need well).
> Dunno about serials, but to get info on which hardware is installed,
> you'll probably need these:

> cat /var/run/dmesg.boot (generic info on devices and drivers attached)
> pciconf -lv (for pci devices)
> usbdevs -v (for usb devices)
> atacontrol list (for ata devices)

> There are some more specific utilities. For example,
> ports/sysutils/dmidecode is somewhat useful.