Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 23:52:10 -0500 From: Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net> To: woju@bbs.ee.ntu.edu.tw, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Howto re-probe hardware in multiuser mode? Message-ID: <19981226235210.A19379@palomine.net> In-Reply-To: <19981227044347.14182.qmail@bbs.ee.ntu.edu.tw>; from woju@bbs.ee.ntu.edu.tw on Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 04:43:47AM -0000 References: <19981227044347.14182.qmail@bbs.ee.ntu.edu.tw>
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Just look in /var/run/dmesg.boot. Chris On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 04:43:47AM -0000, woju@bbs.ee.ntu.edu.tw wrote: > Hi: > In SunOS, the "format" command probe and show info about online disks. > Is there any tool in FreeBSD that can do similar thing? > > <SunOS "format"> > Searching for disks...done > > AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: > 0. sd3 at esp0 slave 0 > sd3: <Quantum_1.08G cyl 2110 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63> > Specify disk (enter its number): > </SunOS "format"> > > Furthermore, is it possible to "re-probe hardware" in multiuser-mode > like kernel do in boot-stage? I wish to get hardware info in multiuser- > mode. > > <some-tool> > CPU: AMD-K6tm w/ multimedia extensions (200.46-MHz 586-class CPU) > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x562 Stepping=2 > Features=0x8001bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,MMX> > real memory = 134217728 (131072K bytes) > avail memory = 129781760 (126740K bytes) > Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: > ... > </some-tool> > > Although dmesg/syslog can show/log the info, the info would very likely > fade out after long uptime. > > If anyone know the "some-tool" mentioned above, please let me know, > thanks. > > - woju > FreeBSD.org Search Engine http://doc.wj.o3.net > FreeBSD Ports Search Engine http://ports.wj.o3.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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