Tom Brown wrote: > >> Does anyone know how a program, script or shell user can best determine >> whether the machine is running on bare metal or is a VMware guest? >> >> > > # dmidecode | grep Product > Product Name: VMware Virtual Platform > > _______________________________________________ mmm.... a XEN VPS gives me this: # dmidecode | grep Product /dev/mem: mmap: Bad address -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff