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Old 11-27-2004, 09:53 AM   #1
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Yeah, I know there is a way to display harddrive information. Specificly manufacturer and capacity with a Linux utility. I don't, however, know what that util is.
 
Old 11-27-2004, 09:56 AM   #2
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You could use:
cat /proc/ide/hda/model

Looking at the output from dmesg will also give you useful info.
 
Old 11-28-2004, 05:24 AM   #3
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there is also hdparm -i /dev/hda but u it requires root privilege
 
  


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