Getting to know the specs of HD and what other hardware support
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Getting to know the specs of HD and what other hardware support
Hello,
How can I know the specifications of my SATA HD from within Slackware? Is there a way to know whether my hardware supports ACPI, PCMCIA and others? I am currently configuring kernel-2.6.13.
Re: Getting to know the specs of HD and what other hardware support
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Originally posted by Basel Hello,
How can I know the specifications of my SATA HD from within Slackware? Is there a way to know whether my hardware supports ACPI, PCMCIA and others? I am currently configuring kernel-2.6.13.
Okay, you're running within slackware.
I suggest you boot a live linux CD like Knoppix, it has exceptional hardware detection and will let you know what components of your computer are recognized by Linux.
You can also look in /proc/ide/hdX which has files that can tell you how the kernel "sees" your hard drive. The /proc/scsi directory has similar info for SCSI drives.
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