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Checking the Hardware and software requirement on Workstation and PC.


Record #1679

Product Family: Software

Product Line: M1 Graphical/General

Product Part: Install

Problem Title:
Checking the Hardware and software requirement on Workstation and PC.


Problem Description:
This solution describes the unix command to check on HP, Solaris, SunOS, Windows95, Windows NT :

Operating system version
System Memory (RAM)
Swap Space
Disk space


Solution 1:

Windows95 - Windows NT :

Control Panel -> System -> General Folder
                -> Performance



Solution 2:

SunOS :

        Operating system version :

            uname -a
           or uname -r
           or showrev

      System Memory (RAM) :

            top

      Swap Space :

            pstat -s

      Disk Space :

             df



Solution 3:

Solaris :

      Operating system version :

            uname -a
           or uname -r
           or showrev

      System Memory (RAM) :

            top

      Swap Space :

            swap -s

      Disk Space :

             df



Solution 4:

HP :

      Operating system version :

            uname -a
            uname -r

      System Memory (RAM) :

            /etc/dmesg
      and look for the lines that has "Memory Information"

      Swap Space :

            /etc/swapinfo -m

      Disk Space :

             /etc/diskinfo
             or /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0
             or /etc/ioscan




End of Record #1679 - Last Modified: 01/13/97 12:44

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