On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 03:31, linuxlingam wrote: [snip] > and then the magic command: > > $ dmesg |less > > > the top line(s) will usually give you the distribution name, and the > version. > > have verified this for redhat7.2, redhat 8.0. can a few of you check it out > on your various distributions and lemme know if this holds true for all?
RedHat 9.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] devil]$ dmesg | head -1 Linux version 2.4.20-20.9 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)) #1 Mon Aug 18 11:45:58 EDT 2003 Mandrake 9.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Z]$ dmesg | head -1 Linux version 2.4.21-0.13mdk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)) #1 Fri Mar 14 15:08:06 EST 2003 -- Arindam Dey The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. GPG FPR: B8E3 219E F129 F970 F4A7 BC50 9636 504A BEDF 5739 _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
