dear all,

Is there any command in linux which allows to see all the hardware resources of your computer...i know there are such commands in other blends of unix like hinv command in Irix platform lists all the drives , tape drive etc. present in your computer...soliciting your early replies.

thx n' regrds

suprajccvv

If I understand your question correctly, /proc holds most of that information. Try the following:

cat /proc/pci
cat /proc/interrupts
cat /proc/ioports

For PCI kit there is also lspci

cheers

Jamie...

thx a lot friends for your kind help..lspci is for pci devices but suppose i want to know about the IDE devices ,say my hard disk or tape drive than what is the procedure ?

Have a look at some of the entries in /proc/ide

HTH

Jamie...

I have tried cat /proc/ide,but invalid argument message is coming.

cat: /proc/ide: Invalid argument

this message is being displayed.....I am logged in as root.

/proc/ide is a sub-directory of proc, not a file, so you can't use cat. You'll have to navigate down into /proc/ide's subdirectories, where the actual info files live. Of course, if you have X installed, this can all be done with the many GUI-based system monitoring/info tools available in KDE, Gnome, etc.

BTW- Strangely enough, trying to cat any "real" directory/filesystem will give you the slightly more informative "cat: /<directory_name>: Is a directory" error. I think because /proc is a virtual filesystem, you get the "Invalid Argument" error instead. Any gurus out there have the definitive answer on that one?

thx everybody for your co-operation in sorting out my problem.....will be coming with more silly questions to trouble u all..ha ha....cheer up.