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Old 10-10-2008, 06:52 AM   #1
shads2k5
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URGENT !! Need to find outthe Serail number


Hi folks,

Could any one help me in finding the serial number of a machine where Redhat old version are running. ( for RH 7.3 and RH9 )

I tried with dmidecode , but the command is not working, hope this will work only in new machines .

can any one help me here pls ... .?
 
Old 10-10-2008, 07:17 AM   #2
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First make sure your run the command as root, either after su to root or sudo.
If it's not installed, then try install using yum install dmidecode.
If that still does not work, then go to this site http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/, download source code and compile.
 
  


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