A slashdot discussion on hardware detection under Linux.

Information about rescanning SCSI devices under Linux.

This little script automatically generates some specs on a system. It's specific for RedHat but can be changed.

HardDrake is a fully GUI based tool which ties together many of the tools already included in a GNU/Linux distribution to automate and simplify the process of installing new hardware. Some items will be detected, others can be selected from a drop down list. The various IO, IRQ and such X86 annoyance settings can be adjusted from within this interface.