Re: Help!

>>>>> "Steve" == Steve  <[email protected]> writes:

Steve> yeah, that works (try it on a mandrake box and tell me which
Steve> answer's right).

Steve> $ find /etc -maxdepth 1 -name \*release -or -name \*version
Steve> /etc/mandrake-release 
Steve> /etc/redhat-release

So you know it is either mandrake or redhat.  What does rpm tell you
about the origins of those two files (i.e. package membership), BTW?

Here's what I get on a sampling of my machines:

  $ uname -a 
  Linux celilo 2.6.8-rc2 #1 SMP Wed Jul 21 01:31:59 PDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux

  $ uname -a 
  Linux clarno 2.6.5 #1 SMP Sat Apr 17 03:16:32 PDT 2004 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

  $ uname -a 
  Linux hoquiam 2.4.26-1-386 #2 Sat May 1 16:31:24 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux

So, what distributions are those?  Not a lot of clue in there.

on celilo, the find command gives me:

  /etc/debian_version

on clarno:

  /etc/gentoo-release

on hoquiam:

  /etc/debian_version

According to my google search, that is the reliable-ish way to find
out.  It is a little surprising there isn't a more robust way (except
for *booting* and looking for the splash screen, I suppose).

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