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Linux boot disc for hardware test?
16-11-2010 11:11 PM
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16-11-2010 11:20 PM
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17-11-2010 6:33 AM
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17-11-2010 10:22 AM
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Get the latest release V10 386 version for best compatibility, it includes drives for most network cards.
Re: Linux boot disc for hardware test?
18-11-2010 9:36 AM
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The disc booted fine, a bit slow and clunky but what can you expect from a DVD? I was able to browse the Internet so it must have coped with the networking hardware on my own computer but, being unfamiliar with Linux, I could not find any information about my network connection, IP address and the like. In Windows I would look in Device Manager for the hardware details, Network Connections for the speed details and options to set fixed parameters like IP address, and run ipconfig in a CMD Window to learn my IP address, gateway etc. Would someone be kind enough to tell me how to get at the equivalent information in Linux? I particularly need the Linux equivalent to ipconfig.
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18-11-2010 11:50 AM
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18-11-2010 4:11 PM
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You need to get to a command screen from the options...
ifconfigis similar to ipconfig /all
iwconfigis wifi related info.
cat /etc/network/interfaces
would show your configuration setup including wifi security on a Ubuntu style install
Quote auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto ath0
#iface ath0 inet static
iface ath0 inet dhcp
#address 192.168.0.5
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
#wireless-rate 54M
dns-nameservers 127.0.0.1, 212.159.6.9, 212.159.6.9, 8.8.8.8
wpa-driver madwifi
wpa-ssid ThomsonF37043
wpa-ap-scan 1
wpa-proto WPA
wpa-pairwise TKIP
wpa-group TKIP
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-psk 0621a78........................etc................................................................
To look at hardware use thelshwcommand - this will be very large.
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Re: Linux boot disc for hardware test?
18-11-2010 4:41 PM
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Jeremy, thanks for the pointers.
Re: Linux boot disc for hardware test?
18-11-2010 6:00 PM
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Re: Linux boot disc for hardware test?
18-11-2010 6:55 PM
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Description: SystemRescueCd is a Linux system rescue disk available as a bootable CD-ROM or USB stick for administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the hard disk partitions. It comes with a lot of linux software such as system tools (parted, partimage, fstools, ...) and basic tools (editors, midnight commander, network tools). It requires no installation. It can be used on linux servers, linux desktops or windows boxes. The kernel supports the important file systems (ext2/ext3/ext4, reiserfs, reiser4, btrfs, xfs, jfs, vfat, ntfs, iso9660), as well as network filesystems (samba and nfs).
http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
download:
http://www.sysresccd.org/Download
Re: Linux boot disc for hardware test?
18-11-2010 7:37 PM
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Quote from: ReedRichards (I assume Hairy Biker is a he) suggestion of Linux Mint. That's a 1.3G file so it needs a DVD rather than a CD but that is by-the-by. I downloaded it after midnight so as not to eat into my Plusnet allowance. Windows 7 (which I normally use) has the built-in capability to burn an ISO image so that was simple.
Strange my disc is <700Mb did you go for the DVD version? And yes I am male.
As has been said right click on the network manager (looks like a socket with a cable coming from it) and choose properties.
OR open a terminal (from the main menu) and type in ifconfig eth0
you will get something like this-
ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:76:b4:bc:e9
inet addr:192.168.1.66 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:76ff:feb4:bce9/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:8192 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8421 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:5372658 (5.3 MB) TX bytes:1286948 (1.2 MB)
Interrupt:21 Memory:dffe0000-e0000000
If you want to know the hardware details then run the Sytem profiler, (just type in hard in to the search box in the menu) and go down to the PCI devices. This is similar to the device manager (bar the fact it is readonly)
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