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Check the first time you install Linux OS

If you forgot when you deploying (installing) a server (or Desktop) with Linux OS (esp. RedHat and its derivatives) you can check date of first file created after successful installation. You need root privileges to check the file.

- Login as root, then
- type “ls -l anaconda-ks.cfg” and hit Enter

[root@patrick ~]# ls -l anaconda-ks.cfg
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1483 Aug  6  2005 anaconda-ks.cfg

So the first time I installed Linux on that server is 6 Aug 2005, if I haven’t reinstalled the OS, then that date will be also the date for the hardware is being use for the first time also. Now after 5 happy years running 24/7. Isn’t about time to replace the hardware with the new and faster one?

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