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Andrew Hudson i

Книги автора: Fedora™ Unleashed, 2008 edition

/ Paul Hudson i

Книги автора: Fedora™ Unleashed, 2008 edition

/ honorato bonafe

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Preparing and Using a Hardware Inventory

Buying a turn-key Linux solution is one way to avoid hardware problems, and many vendors are standing by, ready to prescribe solutions. However, managing deployments aimed at using existing hardware requires some information collection.

If you are a small business or individual user, you are well advised to prepare detailed checklists of existing hardware before attempting a migration to Linux. Not only do you benefit from the collected information, but you might also be able to sidestep or anticipate problems before, during, or after installation. Problems are most likely to occur with newer hardware, cutting-edge hardware such as new motherboard chipsets and video cards, or extraneous hardware such as operating system-specific scanners, printers, or wireless devices.

Table B.2 provides a comprehensive checklist you can use to take inventory of target hardware, such as the computer and any peripherals. Veteran Linux users can take the collected information to build custom systems by adding known hardware or substituting cheaper but equivalent hardware.

TABLE B.2 System and Peripheral Inventory Checklist

Item	Errata
Audio devices	Microphone:
	Line out:
	Line in:
BIOS	Type:
	Revision:
	ACPI:
	APM:
CD-ROM drive	Brand:
CD-ROM drive	Type:
CD-RW drive	Brand:
	Type:
	CD-R write speed:
	CD rewrite speed:
	CD-ROM read speed:
DVD drive	Brand:
DVD drive	Type:
DVD+/-RW drive	Brand:
	Type:
	Dual layer?:
Digital camera	Brand:
	Model:
	Interface:
CPU	Brand:
	Socket type:
	Speed:
FireWire (IEEE 1394)	Chipset:
FireWire (IEEE 1394)	Device(s):
IrDA port	Device number:
IrDA port	Port IRQ:
Keyboard	Brand:
Keyboard	Type:
Laptop	Brand:
	Model:
	Hibernation partition:
Legacy ports	Parallel type:
	Parallel IRQ:
	RS-232 number(s):
	RS-232 IRQ(s):
Mice	Brand:
Mice	Type:
Modem	Brand:
Modem	Type:
Motherboard	Brand:
	Type:
	Chipset:
Monitor(s)	Brand:
	Model:
	Horizontal freq:
	Vertical freq:
	Max. resolution:
Network card	Wireless:
	Brand:
	Type:
	Speed:
PCI bus	Version:
	Model:
	Type:
PCMCIA	Controller:
	Cardbus:
	Brand:
	Type:
Printer(s)	Brand:
Printer(s)	Model:
System RAM	Amount:
	Type:
	Speed:
S-Video port	X Support:
Scanner	Brand:
	Model:
	Interface type:
Sound card	Chipset:
	Type:
	I/O addr:
	IRQ:
	DMA:
	MPU addr:
Storage device(s)	Removable:
	Size:
	Brand:
	Model:
	Controller(s):
Storage device controller	Type:
Tablet	Brand:
	Model:
	Interface:
Universal Serial Bus	Controller:
	BIOS MPS setting:
	BIOS Plug-n-Play setting:
	Device(s):
Video device(s)	Brand:
	Model:
	Xinerama:
	Chipset:
	VRAM:

Use the checklist in Table B.2 as a general guideline for recording your computer's hard ware and other capabilities. You can get quite a bit of information through hardware manuals or other documentation included with your PC, video, sound, or network inter face card. Don't worry if you cannot fill out the entire checklist; Fedora will most likely recognize and automatically configure your PC's hardware during installation. Much of this information can be displayed by the dmesg command after booting. However, some of these details, such as your video card's graphics chipset and installed video RAM, can come in handy if you need to perform troubleshooting. You can also use the list as a post- installation check-off sheet to see how well Fedora works with your system.

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