Comments on: Getting your Dell service tag number from command line in Ubuntu http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/05/21/getting-your-dell-service-tag-number-from-command-line-in-ubuntu/ Me, myself and I Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:07:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Suresh http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/05/21/getting-your-dell-service-tag-number-from-command-line-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Suresh Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:38:04 +0000 http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/?p=580#comment-908 Another useful utility is lshw You can save all info to a html file. lshw -html >filename.html Also there is a gui for this tool sudo lshw-gui :) Another useful utility is lshw

You can save all info to a html file.

lshw -html >filename.html

Also there is a gui for this tool

sudo lshw-gui

:)

]]> By: Fabián Rodríguez http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/05/21/getting-your-dell-service-tag-number-from-command-line-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-638 Fabián Rodríguez Sun, 25 May 2008 16:13:57 +0000 http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/?p=580#comment-638 @johsp: yes, but you would need to know about the different ways BIOS at boot presents that information, and it is a challenge to just guide someone to press the right keys at the right moment to get there. Command line from Ubuntu (or any Linux for that matter) is always the exact same procedure and can also be used in scripts etc. So, I win :) Seriously, I think this should actually be part of the first tab in the System Monitor applet. @johsp: yes, but you would need to know about the different ways BIOS at boot presents that information, and it is a challenge to just guide someone to press the right keys at the right moment to get there.

Command line from Ubuntu (or any Linux for that matter) is always the exact same procedure and can also be used in scripts etc.

So, I win :)

Seriously, I think this should actually be part of the first tab in the System Monitor applet.

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/05/21/getting-your-dell-service-tag-number-from-command-line-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-641 Sebastian Sun, 25 May 2008 06:35:42 +0000 http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/?p=580#comment-641 Hi, I appreciate your efforts, great idea! However, I just want to mention that you don't always need the stickers to get the service tag: The service tag of my Dell Inspiron 6400n (Ubuntu preloaded) is handily available from the BIOS. :-) Hi,

I appreciate your efforts, great idea!

However, I just want to mention that you don’t always need the stickers to get the service tag: The service tag of my Dell Inspiron 6400n (Ubuntu preloaded) is handily available from the BIOS. :-)

]]> By: tabgilbert http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/05/21/getting-your-dell-service-tag-number-from-command-line-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-640 tabgilbert Sat, 24 May 2008 14:11:42 +0000 http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/?p=580#comment-640 Thanks. Useful information. Thanks. Useful information.

]]> By: joshp http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/05/21/getting-your-dell-service-tag-number-from-command-line-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-639 joshp Wed, 21 May 2008 22:28:20 +0000 http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/?p=580#comment-639 the dell utility you mentioned, GetSystemId is handy if you have a Dell. The libsmbios-bin package worked great for me for updating the bios on my dell machines. I found it a very handy little tool from Dell. the dell utility you mentioned, GetSystemId is handy if you have a Dell. The libsmbios-bin package worked great for me for updating the bios on my dell machines. I found it a very handy little tool from Dell.

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