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Old 02-01-2009, 10:56 PM   #1
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Hard Drive specification

Hey guys is it possible to determine the hard drive specification of a disk installed in a linux box?
 
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What do you mean by "specifications" exactly? If you mean the partitioning info, you can get that with "fdisk -l". If you want things like manufacturer and model number, then try lshw. There are also graphical programs like kinfocenter that can tell you all sorts of things about your system.
 
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This is what i want:

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If you want things like manufacturer and model number,
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Is there other commands that are built-in to linux or specifi distro's or any logs that would provide that info?
 
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lshw, demidecode, lspci. See the manual for usage.
 
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Also try 'smartctl -a /dev/sda', it'll tell you a lot of info, including model and serial number.
 
  


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