[KLUG Members] How To Do A Survey

[Mike Williams]

I agree, that looks like a good start. A good hardware inventory is
independent of OS, though.  I'd do that by looking at the cards and
motherboard in the machine, and checking the BIOS for processor and
memory stats.  Once the machine is up, a "uname -a" and possibly "lsmod"
will give you a kernel revision and how modular the kernel is.

bill wrote:
> I'd start with the basics listed on the Install Request Form on the
> website:
>
> http://kalamazoolinux.org/meetings/installform.php?
>
>
> On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 00:20, Kevin Wixson wrote:
>   
>> Hey gang:
>>
>> How do you do a survey of a Linux machine to collect fundamental
>> information about it and the network environment? 
>>
>> I'm stepping out of the scope of my expertise a little bit to help a
>> friend. My friend supports a Windows network for a client, and there's
>> one Linux box. I agreed to go on site and take a look to see what I
>> could see. What they're interested in, for the near term, is joining
>> the Linux box to the Windows domain, saving files from the Linux box
>> to the Windows file server, and connecting an HP Laser Printer that HP
>> doesn't support Linux. I want to do a good survey, though, so if
>> things come up later I can have information to go by while looking up
>> solutions before going back on site. 
>>
>> So, I'm asking if you can please help me develop a checklist for going
>> in and documenting the Linux machine and relevant information about
>> the Windows environment. All that I have to go by is that the Linux
>> box "might be Red Hat." 
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -- 
>> Kevin Wixson
>> 269-585-6087
>>
>> www.revolvingdesign.com
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