Which version of Debian from which physical device?

From	Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Which version of Debian from which physical device?
Date	2016-10-08 17:50 +0200
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I have a laptop set aside for experimenting with configuration 
options.
I currently have 2 instances each of Squeeze(Gnome DE) and 
Jessie(Mate DE).
My current practice has been during install to give meaningful 
names to the machine.
I.E. when using terminal the prompt may be "richard@min-squeeze" 
or "richard@max-jessie", etc. That is usually sufficient.

However today, while chasing down an intermittent problem, I 
needed to know which point release was active and which physical 
device contained the OS. Usually I have gparted installed and can 
determine the active device by the "locked" symbol.

Is there a log file with the info?
TIA

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Which version of Debian from which physical device? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-08 17:50 +0200
  Re: Which version of Debian from which physical device? Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2016-10-08 18:30 +0200
  Re: Which version of Debian from which physical device? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-08 19:40 +0200
    Thanks all - was [Re: Which version of Debian from which physical  device?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-08 20:40 +0200

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