Hardware info commands
$ dmesg - debugging messages from kernel
# lshw > lshw.txt - makes txt file with list of hardware in /home/user
# lshw -html >lshw.html - same as above in a nice html file
$ lspci - lists PCI devices, more elaborate with the -vv option
$ lspcidrake - same as above but only in Mandriva and PCLos
# scanpci - to scan PCI buses and report information about the configuration space settings for each PCI device.)
# dmidecode - the computer's DMI - SMBIOS table in readable format
# lsusb - lists USB devices, more elaborate with the -vv option
$ lshal - lists all devices with their properties, "lshal --monitor" monitors the changes
$ cat /proc/devices - list loaded hardware devices
$ cat /proc/dma - what dma channels are used
$ cat /proc/interrupts - what IRQs are used
$ cat /proc/ioports - what I/O are used
$ cat /proc/meminfo - info about memory use
$ cat /proc/modules - loaded kernel modules
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo - info about the processor
$ cat /proc/pci - plugged in PCI devices
$ cat /proc/scsi/scsi - SCSI devices
$ cat /proc/buddyinfo - check memory fragmentation
