lshw Completes ok ............ not sure how to Pipe the output to a file ....... here is what I got on the screen from it ....... width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list *-isa description: ISA bridge product: ICH9M LPC Interface Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0 version: 03 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-storage description: SATA controller product: ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2 logical name: scsi0 logical name: scsi1 version: 03 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 resources: irq:45 ioport:18f0(size=8) ioport:18e4(size=4) ioport:18e8(size=8) ioport:18e0(size=4) ioport:18c0(size=32) memory:f0504000-f05047ff *-disk description: ATA Disk product: ST9250827AS vendor: Seagate physical id: 0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sdb version: 3.AA serial: 5RG76V48 size: 232GiB (250GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=50a5b170 *-volume:0 description: Windows FAT volume vendor: MSWIN4.1 physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sdb1 version: FAT32 serial: 2507-11e7 size: 1003MiB capacity: 1004MiB capabilities: primary bootable fat initialized configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat label=ZY2P1 *-volume:1 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sdb2 version: 1.0 serial: c7a88754-bede-4cce-ad5b-91b9a5cc8178 size: 62GiB capacity: 62GiB capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2010-09-08 18:52:11 filesystem=ext4 label=sda2_UE_OS lastmountpoint=/Z�CW����������N�������"����������Q�Q����� �4�����"�� modified=2010-10-04 18:13:17 mounted=2010-10-05 18:55:06 state=clean *-volume:2 description: Extended partition physical id: 3 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3 logical name: /dev/sdb3 size: 169GiB capacity: 169GiB capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended *-logicalvolume:0 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 5 logical name: /dev/sdb5 capacity: 28GiB *-logicalvolume:1 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 6 logical name: /dev/sdb6 capacity: 32GiB *-logicalvolume:2 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 7 logical name: /dev/sdb7 capacity: 34GiB *-logicalvolume:3 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 8 logical name: /dev/sdb8 capacity: 50GiB *-logicalvolume:4 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 9 logical name: /dev/sdb9 capacity: 15GiB *-logicalvolume:5 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: a logical name: /dev/sdb10 capacity: 4196MiB *-logicalvolume:6 description: Linux swap / Solaris partition physical id: b logical name: /dev/sdb11 capacity: 517MiB capabilities: nofs *-logicalvolume:7 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: c logical name: /dev/sdb12 capacity: 3421MiB *-cdrom description: DVD-RAM writer product: CDDVDW TS-L633A vendor: TSSTcorp physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom1 logical name: /dev/cdrw1 logical name: /dev/dvd1 logical name: /dev/dvdrw1 logical name: /dev/scd0 logical name: /dev/sr0 version: AC00 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc *-serial UNCLAIMED description: SMBus product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3 version: 03 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:c1000000-c10000ff ioport:1c00(size=32) *-scsi:0 physical id: 2 bus info: usb@1:2 logical name: scsi6 capabilities: emulated scsi-host configuration: driver=usb-storage *-disk description: SCSI Disk physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda size: 931GiB (1TB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: signature=000bd5a9 *-volume:0 description: Windows NTFS volume physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 logical name: /media/Iomega HDD version: 3.1 serial: 6e6b0c43-551b-6a4d-b8c8-b171b58c54ab size: 405GiB capacity: 405GiB capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2008-06-11 16:19:41 filesystem=ntfs label=Iomega HDD modified_by_chkdsk=true mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=mounted upgrade_on_mount=true *-volume:1 description: Extended partition physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 size: 438GiB capacity: 438GiB capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended *-logicalvolume:0 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 5 logical name: /dev/sda5 logical name: /media/72316c21-3900-4904-b27c-937f646a3485 capacity: 9993MiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted *-logicalvolume:1 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 6 logical name: /dev/sda6 logical name: /media/bb224947-6a5f-4fda-8651-ce0b76487d53 capacity: 166GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted *-logicalvolume:2 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 7 logical name: /dev/sda7 logical name: / capacity: 111GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=0,data=ordered state=mounted *-logicalvolume:3 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 8 logical name: /dev/sda8 logical name: /media/a4f5f886-3312-4504-a15f-dcabede120bc capacity: 65GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted *-logicalvolume:4 description: Linux swap / Solaris partition physical id: 9 logical name: /dev/sda9 capacity: 705MiB capabilities: nofs *-logicalvolume:5 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: a logical name: /dev/sda10 logical name: /media/1faff8c6-79c1-4afb-8b66-b3e47b79af17 capacity: 17GiB configuration: mount.fstype=reiserfs mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime state=mounted *-logicalvolume:6 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: b logical name: /dev/sda11 logical name: /media/fe33e50a-d5e6-4edf-ab0f-a85e1399b6e1 capacity: 67GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted *-volume:2 description: EXT3 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 3 bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,3 logical name: /dev/sda3 logical name: /media/151b7360-a2b6-44c9-97a6-52219f11a6a2 version: 1.0 serial: 151b7360-a2b6-44c9-97a6-52219f11a6a2 size: 17GiB capacity: 17GiB capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2009-11-10 07:37:31 filesystem=ext3 modified=2010-10-06 00:22:46 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=ordered mounted=2010-10-06 00:22:46 state=mounted *-volume:3 description: EXT3 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 4 bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,4 logical name: /dev/sda4 logical name: /media/dcd71727-729f-414b-a599-1a7740e9a1d0 version: 1.0 serial: dcd71727-729f-414b-a599-1a7740e9a1d0 size: 17GiB capacity: 17GiB capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2009-07-13 12:25:33 filesystem=ext3 modified=2010-10-06 00:22:38 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=ordered mounted=2010-10-06 00:22:38 state=mounted *-scsi:1 physical id: 3 bus info: usb@1:3 logical name: scsi7 capabilities: emulated scsi-host configuration: driver=usb-storage *-disk description: SCSI Disk product: Desktop vendor: Seagate physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sdc version: 0130 serial: 2GHJXRXN size: 465GiB (500GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=4 signature=010a1416 *-volume:0 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sdc1 logical name: /media/41c76c70-d6d5-4acd-b58a-e1dc8c3b5079 version: 1.0 serial: 41c76c70-d6d5-4acd-b58a-e1dc8c3b5079 size: 68GiB capacity: 68GiB capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2010-07-23 04:29:26 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/<;#Kq�����2�Q������!�0��������!�������Kq���������������� modified=2010-10-06 00:22:48 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2010-10-06 00:22:48 state=mounted *-volume:1 description: EXT3 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sdc2 logical name: /media/_home version: 1.0 serial: d3c37f44-898d-4167-b006-28d206475bd9 size: 81GiB capacity: 81GiB capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2010-02-05 20:19:00 filesystem=ext3 label=/home modified=2010-10-06 00:22:45 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,user_xattr,barrier=0,data=ordered mounted=2010-10-06 00:22:45 state=mounted *-volume:2 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 3 bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0,3 logical name: /dev/sdc3 logical name: /media/638f03de-52c1-49b0-ab7b-782d124d1c8f version: 1.0 serial: 638f03de-52c1-49b0-ab7b-782d124d1c8f size: 19GiB capacity: 19GiB capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2010-07-17 06:06:11 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/media/638f03de-52c1-49b0-ab7b-782d124d1c8f_������}� modified=2010-10-06 00:22:49 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2010-10-06 00:22:49 state=mounted *-volume:3 description: Extended partition physical id: 4 bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0,4 logical name: /dev/sdc4 size: 296GiB capacity: 296GiB capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended *-logicalvolume:0 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 5 logical name: /dev/sdc5 logical name: /media/Fedora-13-i686-L_ capacity: 13GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted *-logicalvolume:1 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 6 logical name: /dev/sdc6 logical name: /media/e94e534c-c201-4a59-89da-c71e487b284b capacity: 111GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted *-logicalvolume:2 description: Linux swap / Solaris partition physical id: 7 logical name: /dev/sdc7 capacity: 1270MiB capabilities: nofs *-logicalvolume:3 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 8 logical name: /dev/sdc8 logical name: /media/89078327-3371-493c-8e97-8af56650866d capacity: 29GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted *-logicalvolume:4 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 9 logical name: /dev/sdc9 logical name: /media/Fedora-13-i686-L capacity: 11GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted *-logicalvolume:5 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: a logical name: /dev/sdc10 logical name: /media/e008f348-b4b9-48dd-9c72-709364d3c1ba capacity: 83GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted *-logicalvolume:6 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: b logical name: /dev/sdc11 logical name: /media/81031559-fdb1-4921-9c96-3e609280d9c3 capacity: 21GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted *-logicalvolume:7 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: c logical name: /dev/sdc12 logical name: /media/fa22d842-da86-4ad6-885b-89da59e7ed5d capacity: 24GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted *-scsi:2 physical id: 5 bus info: usb@2:1 logical name: scsi8 capabilities: emulated scsi-host configuration: driver=usb-storage *-disk description: SCSI Disk product: 3200AAK External vendor: WD physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@8:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sdd version: 1.06 serial: E size: 298GiB (320GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: signature=9a32b4b3 *-volume:0 description: W95 FAT32 (LBA) partition physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@8:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sdd1 logical name: /media/Elements capacity: 207GiB capabilities: primary configuration: mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=0022,dmask=0077,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,showexec,utf8,flush,errors=remount-ro state=mounted *-volume:1 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@8:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sdd2 logical name: /media/28bfe950-cadb-4bc7-bfb2-9e96b2bc0c93 version: 3.6 serial: 28bfe950-cadb-4bc7-bfb2-9e96b2bc0c93 size: 18GiB capacity: 18GiB capabilities: primary journaled reiserfs initialized configuration: filesystem=reiserfs hash=r5 mount.fstype=reiserfs mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime state=mounted *-volume:2 description: Extended partition physical id: 3 bus info: scsi@8:0.0.0,3 logical name: /dev/sdd3 size: 56GiB capacity: 56GiB capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended *-logicalvolume:0 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 5 logical name: /dev/sdd5 logical name: /media/dbabc73e-b72f-46ce-8fa7-e137a0e73c06 capacity: 19GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=ordered state=mounted *-logicalvolume:1 description: Linux swap / Solaris partition physical id: 6 logical name: /dev/sdd6 capacity: 1474MiB capabilities: nofs *-logicalvolume:2 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 7 logical name: /dev/sdd7 logical name: /media/13ab2ccf-7048-49bb-aa29-221cd138957b capacity: 20GiB capabilities: bootable configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted *-logicalvolume:3 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 8 logical name: /dev/sdd8 logical name: /media/4a7f0a74-f218-4692-98db-c0177b3a6923 capacity: 14GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted *-volume:3 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 4 bus info: scsi@8:0.0.0,4 logical name: /dev/sdd4 logical name: /media/eacba95e-305a-4f1c-98e6-9d0ae32060c0 version: 3.6 serial: eacba95e-305a-4f1c-98e6-9d0ae32060c0 size: 15GiB capacity: 15GiB capabilities: primary journaled reiserfs initialized configuration: filesystem=reiserfs hash=r5 mount.fstype=reiserfs mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime state=mounted *-battery description: Lithium Ion Battery product: Intel Corporation vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1 slot: Rear capacity: 1000mWh configuration: voltage=0.0V *-remoteaccess UNCLAIMED vendor: Intel physical id: 2 capabilities: outbound root@keith-laptop:/home/keith#