Few Basic Questions???

[rjayavrp]

hi friends,
Im Using Fedora Core 2.

1.how to know the RAM size in linux CLI mode and GUI.
2.Processor Info
3.Harddisk size in GB. fdisk -l shows in bytes i think
4.How to Make a Harddisk to Detect as Primary Master/slave without changing jumbers in HDD.
5.kernel space memory size and user space size.
6.Devices installed in my pc.(like keyboard,mouse,mother board)

[jmadero]

you can install a ton of different monitors that will show you the information above, I use conky (it's a little advanced but integrates with the desktop and looks clean and if you have a little patience can do a lot of cool stuff).

Conky - Screenshots

for #4, what do you mean exactly? What are you trying to do? You should just have your root partition booting and the other partitions/hard drives mounting to other folders.

#5 - Kernel space memory? User space size? If you mean how much space is being used by the system and how much is in your personal folder it's not the easiest thing to do if both are on the same partition. I'd say just go to your home folder, select all the folders (cntrl + a) and then right click and go to properties, that will show you how much you are using for the user, then subtract from total used for system files size. A lot of linux users separate the root partition (the actual OS) from the home partition (where all user files are stored). It's safer and it's easy to see how files are being used. For me only about 4 gigs are for system files/folders

#6 - Devices run
lspci

it will show all your system info, including keyboards and such

[rjayavrp]

for #1,#2,#3

without installing tools like "conky", i need to know through commands. plz

for #4,
Im Working in Multi-processor system now.

I installed Fedora through one Master processor, then the same hard is taken to work with slave processor of different family.
First time it worked well. then i took the hard disk again to boot in master for backup.
atlast i booted with slave... while loading Fedora,
"unable to resolve LABEL=\ " is Displayed.

[jmadero]

well for 1 and 2 you can use the commmand "top"

for 3, df -h

I'll think about 4 a bit more

[Roxoff]

4. For hard IDE disks either use master/slave jumper setting, or use the 'cable select' option on both drives and have the system determine master/slave by the plug they're connected to on the ribbon cable. Or you could use SATA, in which case there's no concept of master or slave.

6. You can use 'lspci' to list stuff connected to the pci bus, and 'lsusb' to list stuff connected to the USB ports, this might give you what you need.

[reed9]

This sounds suspiciously homework-y to me. Why are you using Fedora Core 2? It's 5 years old...

[jmadero]

haha I thought the same exact thing....

[jayd512]

This sounds suspiciously homework-y to me. Why are you using Fedora Core 2? It's 5 years old...

I was wondering if anybody else noticed!
And why FC2? Aren't some classes/courses still using RH9 and older releases of FC for their lesson plans?

[jmadero]

I hate that the linux classes are so damn scripted, linux is about the learning process by guess and check and failure after failure before you get great success stories piled up. Instead it seems like all these classes just turn it into a boring Excel lesson basically, "Question 1 - install latest kernel from source, Question 2 - Learn an old distro that no one uses any more and hasn't been used in 5 years, Question 3 - Now explain why Microsoft is better than Linux after your experience from Question 2

[rjayavrp]

hey guys,

FC2 is enough for our requirement... i think what i wanted to know is not related with versions i hope...
some answers i got...
#1
cat /proc/meminfo
#2
cat /proc/cpuinfo
#3
df -h but it lists only linux's partitions.but i need to know all partitions.
#6
i would like to know whether "lspci" shows even non-pci devices like VME.

thanks.