a file which contains information like physical memory, cpu information, kernel version number etc.

[Christopher Stone]

On 2/5/06, Tony Nelson <tonynelson at georgeanelson.com> wrote:
> Which of the requested information isn't in the dmesg log, which is copied
> into /var/log/messages?

Niether /var/log/messages nor /var/log/dmesg is guaranteed to have
this information.  It may have it immediately after you boot, but
after that point, there is no guarantee.