On Thursday, 2003-12-04 at 01:46:43 +0100, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > Nah, just look at /proc/cpuinfo, /proc/pci (or use lspci), dmesg, etc > > It's almost all there for you. Not like the old days...
> lshw is fine for collecting the above information. If you need more > detection try discover (Progeny) or Kudzu (Redhat) both available in debian. Before I install Debian or when I need fine hardware detection afterwards, I boot Knoopix on the system. IIRC that uses kudzu. Selecting them right modules on new hardware you barely know is always a challenge, so a Life CD Debian is very handy. I carry a Knoppix with me at almost any time... And a Debian Stable CD 1. Lupe Christoph -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lupe-christoph.de/ | | "Violence is the resort of the violent" Lu Tze | | "Thief of Time", Terry Pratchett | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]