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#1 2011-07-08 21:39:13

cirnOS
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[SOLVED] Find a serial number for a laptop in linux?

Hey guys. I have this toshiba laptop I need to find a serial number for (for work). The serial number is scratched out and PC wizard was able to show the serial # but the unit blue screened immediately. So I was wondering if there is a command in terminal that may show the number I need. Thanks in advance.

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#2 2011-07-08 21:43:22

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Re: [SOLVED] Find a serial number for a laptop in linux?

You can try lshw. It shows all sort of numbers from devices.


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#3 2011-07-08 21:54:35

cirnOS
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Re: [SOLVED] Find a serial number for a laptop in linux?

Cdh wrote:

You can try lshw. It shows all sort of numbers from devices.

Alright booting a livecd to give it a shot. Thanks. If anyone has anything else to try in case this doesn't work feel free to give it a shot.

EDIT: Is this from arch linux only? I have a crunchbang cd im trying and it shows command not found. Should I load my arch cd?

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#4 2011-07-08 22:00:36

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Re: [SOLVED] Find a serial number for a laptop in linux?

pacman -S dmidecode
dmidecode -s system-serial-number

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#5 2011-07-08 22:09:28

cirnOS
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Re: [SOLVED] Find a serial number for a laptop in linux?

Ashren wrote:
pacman -S dmidecode
dmidecode -s system-serial-number

Is there a way to do this without installing arch?

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#6 2011-07-08 22:19:50

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Re: [SOLVED] Find a serial number for a laptop in linux?

cirnOS wrote:
Ashren wrote:
pacman -S dmidecode
dmidecode -s system-serial-number

Is there a way to do this without installing arch?

1. Boot arch live cd.
2. Configure network.
3. Set pacman mirror
4. pacman -Syy dmidecode
5. dmidecode -s system-serial-number

Or boot from another liveCD that includes dmidecode.

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#7 2011-07-08 22:23:30

cirnOS
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Re: [SOLVED] Find a serial number for a laptop in linux?

Ashren wrote:
cirnOS wrote:
Ashren wrote:
pacman -S dmidecode
dmidecode -s system-serial-number

Is there a way to do this without installing arch?

1. Boot arch live cd.
2. Configure network.
3. Set pacman mirror
4. pacman -Syy dmidecode
5. dmidecode -s system-serial-number

Or boot from another liveCD that includes dmidecode.

It appears crunchabng has dmidecode. Thank you sir.

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