Very Unfamiliar with Unix

but need to determine the processor speed...

[SEOMike]

Help! A client has delivered two Unix boxes to me to put in my network operating center, and doesn't know anything about them.

One of the first things I want to do is inventory them to see if they are good enough to go through the trouble of maintaining, or a rebuild on a Win platform (familiar ground). My Unix is so limited, that I'm already leaning that way. The client has no problems with that.

Can anyone PLEASE help me figure out how make Unix tell me the processor speed? I have G'd this and found nothing that works.

Wish there was a nice GUI like Windows. M$ has it's flaws, (which I am more than aware of), but it's SO much easier to navigate.

Thanks in advance!

[bcolflesh]

[publib.boulder.ibm.com...]

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oops - should be:

[bama.ua.edu...]
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[RafeMiller]

cat /proc/cpuinfo for RH Linux

[idoc]

Just a thought, if you are planning to run windows on an old unix server... that is probably the reverse of how most servers get handed down. Probably more important to windows would memory than cpu speed, especially if it is an older slower machine. So long that the cpu meets the mimimum for windows. The kernel of BSD runs on about 11k if I remember right. As to the question, have you tried to enter the bios during boot-up to see memory and the cpu?

[SEOMike]

As to the question, have you tried to enter the bios during boot-up to see memory and the cpu?

Hmm. Hadn't thought of that. I don't ever remember seeing a CPU speed in a BIOS before, but I sure will take a look.

As for memory and all that, I do know that there isn't as big of a demand on RAM in Unix as in Windows. I just want to see if there is enough processor to move forward with a WinServer install. RAM is easy... New motherboard and processor(s) is another story to the client.

I'll give all the suggestions here a try ASAP. Thanks guys!

[Sharper]

Might be easier to give you a suggested command if you told us what operating system (FreeBSD, Solaris, Linux, etc...) was running on your servers.

What kind of hardware might be helpful also (Sun, x86, etc...) :)