HDT - Hardware Detection Tool

What is HDT?

HDT (stands for Hardware Detection Tool) is a Syslinux com32 module that displays low-level information for any x86 compatible system. It provides both a command line interface and a semi-graphical menu mode for browsing.

You can try HDT via  http://boot.kernel.org/: download the BKO floppy image  here and boot it via qemu: qemu -fda gpxe.dsk. When the menu appears, select HDT from the list.

Documentation

Usage per subsystem

HDT can inspect multiple subsystems:

• CPU
• PCI devices
• Memory
  • e820 memory map
  • e801 memory map
  • 8800h memory size
• DMI
  • Memory modules
  • BIOS
  • Motherboard (XXX Anyone with screenshots?)
  • IPMI base board (XXX Anyone with screenshots?)
  • Chassis
  • Batteries (XXX Anyone with screenshots?)
  • CPU
  • System
  • Security (XXX Anyone with screenshots?)
  • System reset (XXX Anyone with screenshots?)
• Disks
  • Linux swsusp detection
  • Bootloader detection
  • MBR detection
• Syslinux
• Linux Kernel modules needed by this host
• PXE environment
• VESA

Development

• [doxygen:main.html Documentation]

Downloads

The latest version of HDT can be found in the Syslinux tarball under com32/hdt/hdt.c32. Source code and official builds can be downloaded in .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, and .zip formats from  kernel.org.

Builds of the HDT module can also be found below.

Stable

Current release

•  HDT 0.3.4 for Syslinux 3.83 | 2.88MB floppy image | Bootable ISO image

Previous releases

•  HDT 0.3.3 for Syslinux 3.75
•  HDT 0.3.2 for Syslinux 3.75
•  HDT 0.3.1 for Syslinux 3.75

Unstable

These are NOT suited for production.

• HDT 0.3.5-pre1 for Syslinux 3.83 | 2.88MB floppy image | Bootable ISO image

Screenshots

Menu displaying system summary

Command line interface inspecting disks

Projects known to use HDT

•  Boot Kernel.org
•  Mandriva Linux since 2009.1
•  Ultimate boot CD since version 5.0
•  Parted Magic since 0.4.0
•  Rescue Is Possible since 8.0
•  Netboot me
• Any other ? Please tell us.

IRC Channel

Developers are usually around on the the #syslinux and #hdt channels of the Freenode network (irc.freenode.net). Feel free to join us for open discussions.

Mailing List

The official mailing-list is hdt@zytor.com.

• You can subscribe to the mailing list  here
• Archives can be browsed online  here

Please submit HDT patches to this mailing-list. syslinux@zytor.com should be CC: for integration patches with Syslinux.

Resources

•  The Syslinux Project