On Thu, March 25, 2010 11:00, Dameon Wagner wrote: > > Does your distro have the SMBios tools? I use Debian, and with the > libsmbios-bin package I have a tool called `serviceTag` which spits > out, and allows you to change, the Dell service tag for the box. >
That sounds like what I want (although it appears that libsmbios-bin package has been replaced with smbios-utils package). But if I bootstrap from the instructions on http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/index.html, with smbios-utils-bin installed I end up with no serviceTag tool, although although it's listed as one of the supported binaries on http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/cmdlinetools.html. Dell has done a better job than most vendors in Linux support, and Matt Domsch in particular is a blessing on the Linux community, but their repo collection ought to be called the "Dell Ducktape Repositories". Dependencies and obsolescences aren't dealt with consistently, presence of old repo files on a system can wreck the bus (and are not dealt with by later bootstraps), etc.... Maybe I can get some IP cameras installed in the data center so I can read the asset tags off the front of the systems..... _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
