bash controller

vendtagain · 09-17-2009, 12:33 AM

any command to find out what controller a computer is using?

chrism01 · 09-17-2009, 12:36 AM

More detail required; what do you mean by 'controller'?

vendtagain · 09-17-2009, 12:37 AM

hard disk cont

chrism01 · 09-17-2009, 12:38 AM

Try

lshw
lspci
dmidecode

all as root

vendtagain · 09-17-2009, 01:03 AM

hi
lshw # not a command
lspci # nothing in human form
dmidecode = lots of info, but after skimming through it all several times over i haven't seen any answer(actually shows info about nearly everything but the harddrive).

could you point me in the right direction?

vendtagain · 09-17-2009, 01:13 AM

also I've been wondering, and this is a good time to use it,
is how would I create a text file containing the output of this command?

lutusp · 09-17-2009, 01:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vendtagain

also I've been wondering, and this is a good time to use it,
is how would I create a text file containing the output of this command?

$ some_command > output.txt

vendtagain · 09-17-2009, 01:25 AM

Thanks lutusp.
here is the output from the two.
from my limited knowledge I have searched for ata, ide, and scsi indicating possible harddrive info, but found none of these(even with search using find). I also checked a few areas which looked like they may have had motherboard info and can't seem to find anything related to the hdd anywhere.

vendtagain · 09-17-2009, 02:07 AM

bump..help plz

i92guboj · 09-17-2009, 08:54 AM

Try running "update-pciids" as root, then repeat the lspci command and see if it gives a different output.