An Experiment...

Wildy · Dec 20, 2012, 06:48 PM

On the offchance that someone has a PPC (or Intel for that matter) Mac lying around with FreeBSD installed, would someone be able to dump the output of these three commands:

Code:

sysctl -a

Note: requires sysinfo to be installed

Code:

sysinfo cpu

Code:

sudo dmidecode

Many thanks in advance.

N.B. The output of dmidecode will probably have your serial number, make sure you blank it before posting! Don't get rid of it entirely though, as one of the things I need to know is whether a serial number is reported.

rjcalifornia · Dec 20, 2012, 06:55 PM

You should post what it does first. We don't want to end up with malicious scripts that would delete an entire operating system.

Regards,

eyoungren · Dec 20, 2012, 07:24 PM

Don't know about the third code, but the first two are standard commands I've used them with Geektool. They just get system info, depending on what you are looking for (the second part of the command).

Starfighter · Dec 21, 2012, 05:06 AM

"sudo dmidecode" gives you a list of information as well.

Wildy · Dec 21, 2012, 05:29 AM

My apologies. I am looking for a reliable way to identify various bits of info such as the model, the CPU model, serial number etc. etc. in FreeBSD running on Apple hardware. The first command is standard in most Unix-based OSes, it dumps a load of data from kernel which includes various useful bits of information.

The second one reports back CPU info gathered from a variety of sources around the OS. The last dumps the BIOS info and decodes it which gives useful info which can't be found from the OS.

These commands dump out quite a lot of data which is unnecessary, but different OSes and hardware report back different things in sometimes unexpected places. For example, sysctl hw.model gives output PowerBook5,6 on here (under OSX), but on another computer (under FreeBSD) it gives out Intel Core 2 yadda yadda.

FreeBSD isn't something you'd randomly put on your computer, so I made the assumption that anyone running it would have some knowledge of the above commands. If in doubt - check the man pages!

Sorry for not explaining more thoroughly the first time.

Dec 20, 2012, 06:48 PM	#1
Wildy macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2011	An Experiment... On the offchance that someone has a PPC (or Intel for that matter) Mac lying around with FreeBSD installed, would someone be able to dump the output of these three commands: Code: sysctl -a Note: requires sysinfo to be installed Code: sysinfo cpu Code: sudo dmidecode Many thanks in advance. N.B. The output of dmidecode will probably have your serial number, make sure you blank it before posting! Don't get rid of it entirely though, as one of the things I need to know is whether a serial number is reported.
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Dec 20, 2012, 06:55 PM	#2
rjcalifornia macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: El Salvador	You should post what it does first. We don't want to end up with malicious scripts that would delete an entire operating system. Regards, __________________ CEO, Lead Developer and Sales Manager of SW Social Web LLC PowerPC Blog iBook G4 1.2 Ghz 60 GB HDD & iMac G4 700 Mhz Owner.
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eyoungren macrumors 65816 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Phoenix, AZ USA	Don't know about the third code, but the first two are standard commands I've used them with Geektool. They just get system info, depending on what you are looking for (the second part of the command). __________________ 17" PBG4: 1GHZ, 2GB RAM, 100GB HD • 17" PBG4 DLSD-HD: 1.67 GHZ, 2GB RAM, 320GB HD \| LEOPARD OSX 10.5.8 iPhone 5: BLACK, 64GB, SPRINT, EVERYTHING DATA FAMILY PLAN (Unlimited)
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Starfighter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Sweden	"sudo dmidecode" gives you a list of information as well. __________________ In arguments the losers are the winners - because they learn something. Video Game Luddite
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Dec 21, 2012, 05:29 AM	#5
Wildy Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2011	My apologies. I am looking for a reliable way to identify various bits of info such as the model, the CPU model, serial number etc. etc. in FreeBSD running on Apple hardware. The first command is standard in most Unix-based OSes, it dumps a load of data from kernel which includes various useful bits of information. The second one reports back CPU info gathered from a variety of sources around the OS. The last dumps the BIOS info and decodes it which gives useful info which can't be found from the OS. These commands dump out quite a lot of data which is unnecessary, but different OSes and hardware report back different things in sometimes unexpected places. For example, sysctl hw.model gives output PowerBook5,6 on here (under OSX), but on another computer (under FreeBSD) it gives out Intel Core 2 yadda yadda. FreeBSD isn't something you'd randomly put on your computer, so I made the assumption that anyone running it would have some knowledge of the above commands. If in doubt - check the man pages! Sorry for not explaining more thoroughly the first time.
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