Re: Learn about a hard drive...

2006-06-14 Thread Dimitar Vukman
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:16:57 -0700 "Redefined Horizons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What bash command would I use to list information about the hard > drives installed on my computer? What comes to my mind is: 1. su to become root fdisk -l 2. cat /etc/fstab 3.

Re: Learn about a hard drive...

2006-06-13 Thread Kent West
Ron Johnson wrote: Kent West wrote: $ dmesg | grep sd $ dmesg | grep sd $ dmesg | grep [hs]d[a-j] Well, sure, if you want to be efficient. But that kind of thinking would free up some of my time, which I'd then have to use mowing the lawn. And it's HOT out there! You kids and

Re: Learn about a hard drive...

2006-06-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kent West wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> Redefined Horizons wrote: >> >>> What bash command would I use to list information about the >>> hard drives installed on my computer? >>> [snip] > $ dmesg | grep sd > > $ dmesg | grep sd $ dmesg | grep [hs]d

Re: Learn about a hard drive...

2006-06-13 Thread Ronny Aasen
On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 22:16 -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > What bash command would I use to list information about the hard > drives installed on my computer? > > I did what I needed through GNOME's disk management, which was handy, > but I'd like to know the old fashioned way to do it. Depen

Re: Learn about a hard drive...

2006-06-13 Thread Kent West
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Redefined Horizons wrote: What bash command would I use to list information about the hard drives installed on my computer? I did what I needed through GNOME's disk management, which was handy, but I'd like to know the old fa

Re: Learn about a hard drive...

2006-06-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Redefined Horizons wrote: > What bash command would I use to list information about the hard > drives installed on my computer? > > I did what I needed through GNOME's disk management, which was > handy, but I'd like to know the old fashioned way to

Re: Learn about a hard drive...

2006-06-13 Thread John Miller
If you're just looking for the basics, mount and df. smartctl (apt-get install smartmontools) can tell you just about anything you ever wanted to know. If you find something else, let us know! That's part of the fun of the lists. --John Redefined Horizons wrote: > What bash command would I us

Learn about a hard drive...

2006-06-13 Thread Redefined Horizons
What bash command would I use to list information about the hard drives installed on my computer? I did what I needed through GNOME's disk management, which was handy, but I'd like to know the old fashioned way to do it. Scott Huey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject