Help Me Please

umar79 · 10-24-2007, 12:36 AM

How could i view the details of my hard disks capacity wise as well their brands detail in Linux through a command. Please describe in detail.

Nylex · 10-24-2007, 12:46 AM

You'll be able to see capacity with "fdisk -l" (lowercase L).

Why did you not use a descriptive thread title? You are told to when you post a thread, so please do so in future.

umar79 · 10-24-2007, 04:49 AM

Thanks Nylex
Ya it shows me detail of Hard Disks but i also want the company brand of Hard Disks without reboot my system through Linux Command.

PhillipHuang · 10-24-2007, 05:10 AM

# cat /sys/block/sda/device/vendor

Regards,
Phillip

matthewg42 · 10-24-2007, 05:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhillipHuang

# cat /sys/block/sda/device/vendor

Regards,
Phillip

There's also a "model" file in the same directory. I wonder if there is a database of these things?

You can also use the lshw program if it is installed, for example:

Code:

# lshw -class disk
  *-disk
       description: SCSI Disk
       product: HTS548080M9AT00
       vendor: ATA
       physical id: 0
       bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/sda
       version: MG4O
       serial: MRL425L4J0WL1B
       size: 74GB
       capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
       configuration: ansiversion=5
  *-cdrom
       description: DVD reader
       product: DVD+RW ND-5100A
       vendor: _NEC
       physical id: 1
       bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/cdrom
       logical name: /dev/dvd
       logical name: /dev/scd0
       logical name: /dev/sr0
       version: 10AC
       serial: [_NEC    DVD+RW ND-5100A 10AC03071400
       capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
       configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open

umar79 · 10-24-2007, 06:50 AM

Thanks for all.
Yes i got it. But what do i do if i have not lshw install on my O.S.
Regards

matthewg42 · 10-24-2007, 07:55 AM

How about this:

Code:

% for f in /sys/block/*/device/{vendor,model}; do echo -n "$f " ; cat $f; done |sort

This will output something like this:

Code:

/sys/block/sda/device/model HTS548080M9AT00
/sys/block/sda/device/vendor ATA
/sys/block/sr0/device/model DVD+RW ND-5100A
/sys/block/sr0/device/vendor _NEC

I don't know if this provides enough information for you?