Hardware Serial Numbers under FreeBSD

2004-11-08 Thread David Gilbert
Dan == Dan Mahoney Dan writes: Dan Hey all, I'm trying to create an inventory script for systems Dan that will be loaded via net-boot. I was wondering if there was Dan any useful way to obtain the serial number of devices like the Dan hard drives, processor, and/or motherboard. (as far as I

Hardware Serial Numbers under FreeBSD

2004-11-05 Thread Dan Mahoney, System Admin
Hey all, I'm trying to create an inventory script for systems that will be loaded via net-boot. I was wondering if there was any useful way to obtain the serial number of devices like the hard drives, processor, and/or motherboard. (as far as I can guess, those are the only things likely to

Re: Hardware Serial Numbers under FreeBSD

2004-11-05 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Nov 04), Dan Mahoney, System Admin said: Hey all, I'm trying to create an inventory script for systems that will be loaded via net-boot. I was wondering if there was any useful way to obtain the serial number of devices like the hard drives, processor, and/or motherboard.

Re: Hardware Serial Numbers under FreeBSD

2004-11-05 Thread Arne Schwabe
Dan Mahoney, System Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey all, I'm trying to create an inventory script for systems that will be loaded via net-boot. I was wondering if there was any useful way to obtain the serial number of devices like the hard drives, processor, and/or motherboard. (as

Re: Hardware Serial Numbers under FreeBSD

2004-11-05 Thread Matthew George
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Dan Nelson wrote: ports can print it. As for the motherboard serial number, you'll probably need to open the case to get that, but try the dmidecode port. My Asus board prints a serial number of xxx, but other boards might actually put a real value in there.