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How can i remotely determine what hardware is installed on my FreeBSD 5.3 system?
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If you have shell access (such as through SSH or the like) you could try running
Code:
# lspci
# lshw
Those utilities may or may not be installed, however...
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I usually just run dmesg and sift throught the snapshot of the system message buffer shortly after the system mounts the filesystems at startup. It gives you a pretty good account of your system configuration.

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> dmesg
> dmesg | less
> dmesg | grep keyword

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If your machine is on for a long time, then the dmesg might get overwritten by some other stuff. However, there is a copy that is stored elsewhere. You can see it by typing:
less /var/run/dmesg.boot
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If your machine is on for a long time, then the dmesg might get overwritten by some other stuff. However, there is a copy that is stored elsewhere. You can see it by typing:
less /var/run/dmesg.boot



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If you have shell access (such as through SSH or the like) you could try running
Code:
# lspci
# lshw
Those utilities may or may not be installed, however...


Are those utilities even in ports? make search {name || key} didn't come up with anything. I wouldn't mind having them on my bsd box if I knew what package to install.
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Are those utilities even in ports? make search {name || key} didn't come up with anything. I wouldn't mind having them on my bsd box if I knew what package to install.

`lspci` should be part of the sysutils/pciutils port. I'm not sure about lshw. Perhaps that one is specific to GNU/Linux...
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