[wplug] Set / Get serial number

Eric Cooper ecc at cmu.edu
Mon Jun 7 15:47:44 EDT 2010


On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 03:15:53PM -0400, Michael Semcheski wrote:
> Anybody know of a way to set a field (such as serial number) in
> non-volatile memory on a linux machine?
> [...] 
> Only problem is with these 10 systems from the same manufacturer -
> erase the OS, and they show up as new computers.  Any thoughts?

Can you make your inventory system use Ethernet MAC addresses instead
of motherboard serial numbers (for these machines at least)?

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Eric Cooper             e c c @ c m u . e d u


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