[SOLVED] Program to print hdd manufacturer name.

stf92 · 01-19-2011, 05:04 AM

Kernel 2.6.21.5, Slackware 12.0

Hi:
Is there a linux/unix program that gives the following info?:
(a) Installed hard disks manufacturers names.
(b) Disk geometry (number of cylinders, heads and sectors per track).
Regards.

kaz2100 · 01-19-2011, 05:12 AM

Hya,

How did you install your Slack without using fdisk?

fdisk can give you (2).

lshw would answer (1).

EricTRA · 01-19-2011, 05:13 AM

Hello,

Have a look at the man page for hdparm:

Code:

man hdparm

hdparm -I /dev/<yourdisk> for example will give you heaps of information.

Kind regards,

Eric

stf92 · 01-19-2011, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaz2100

Hya,

How did you install your Slack without using fdisk?

fdisk can give you (2).

lshw would answer (1).

Thank you for your reply. I lack lshw but I did dmesg|less and I could find the brands: SAMSUNG and WDC (Western Digital). As to (2), it is true: fdisk gives that data, but it does not match what the BIOS sees. When I tell the BIOS to scan the hdd devices, it gives 4092 cyls, which forces her to use LBA. But fdisk (actually cfdisk, I'll try with fdisk) gives cyls= 1023, just the 10bit limit for BIOS. Of course the total byte counts match each other, as a result of BIOS detecting 16 heads and cfdisk 64 heads. Regards.

stf92 · 01-19-2011, 05:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricTRA

Hello,

Have a look at the man page for hdparm:

Code:

man hdparm

hdparm -I /dev/<yourdisk> for example will give you heaps of information.

Kind regards,

Eric

Fantastic!

EricTRA · 01-19-2011, 06:00 AM

Hi,

You're welcome! If you consider your question/problem solved then please mark it as such using the Thread Tools.

Kind regards,

Eric