Hardware diagnostics on Linux
Something from the topic of “Things you can’t do in Windows”.
Hypothetical scenario: you have a new machine and new installation of Windows XP, but no hardware is recognized. It barely display’s you a really small resolution picture.
Another scenario: you cant look into your box, but you have to get the specs somehow.
Now on Windows you would probably try something like SiSoftware Sandra, but it seems to recognize only the drivers that are installed in your system. Not the hardware itself. That is almost completely useless. Well I am not aware of any better means to accomplish this task in Windows than to reboot into Linux (whether its a live cd or installed dual boot system, doesn’t really matter) and explore your system with some of the following commands:
- lspci
- cat /proc/cpuinfo
- lsusb
- cat /proc/scsi/scsi
- ls /dev (if using udev)
- dmesg|less
Via Slashdot.
