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hello, I have 2 Readynas pro at hand right now. They look identical to me but I know they are different. What command line can I run via Putty to get all the information about the hardware inside? C...
xtrips1 wrote:Can I have a command that will give me more info anyway?
With putty (or ssh built into windows 10 and macos) you log in as root, and use the NAS admin password.
You can see the CPU info with
# cat /proc/cpuinfo
You can see the amount of RAM with
# free
To get more detailed information, you could install dmidecode. Make sure you do this as root.
# apt-get install dmidecode # dmidecode
I'm not sure if you can install dmidecode on a NAS with 4.2.x firmware (which is what the Pros shipped with). But it can be installed if the NAS has been converted to run OS 6 firmware.
Thank you.
Can I have a command that will give me more info anyway?
I would like to be more in control.
xtrips1 wrote:Can I have a command that will give me more info anyway?
With putty (or ssh built into windows 10 and macos) you log in as root, and use the NAS admin password.
You can see the CPU info with
# cat /proc/cpuinfo
You can see the amount of RAM with
# free
To get more detailed information, you could install dmidecode. Make sure you do this as root.
# apt-get install dmidecode # dmidecode
I'm not sure if you can install dmidecode on a NAS with 4.2.x firmware (which is what the Pros shipped with). But it can be installed if the NAS has been converted to run OS 6 firmware.
Thank you very much
Dmidecode works like a charm
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