[CentOS] dmidecode for CentOS 2.1? [hardware serial number and type]
James Pearson
james-p at moving-picture.com
Fri Apr 25 12:26:31 UTC 2008
Simon Jolle wrote:
> Hi CentOS users
>
> I have here old CentOS 2.1 server on IBM Xseries 336. How to see
> serial number and machine type?
>
> It seems that "dmidecode" is not available for CentOS 2.1
You might be able to run dmidecode from CentOS 3
I can run dmidecode taken from the CentOS3 kernel-utils RPM on an old
Redhat 7.2 box, so it might work on a CentOS 2.1 box.
You can download the RPM from:
<http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/3/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-utils-2.4-8.37.15.i386.rpm>
James Pearson
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