On 8/11/19 8:46 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 05:17:08PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:
You could also execute a command that causes heavy load on /dev/sdb - be it
a test, or a search - and then see which drive's lights flash a lot (if the
drive has a light).
Good idea, but n
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 08:51:51AM +0200, Tomasz Torcz wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 03:10:23PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 02:55:00PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote:
> > > On Sunday 11 August 2019 at 14:37:09, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > >
> > > > I do not know which of the h
Miles Fidelman wrote:
> ... then see which drive's lights flash a lot (if the drive has a light).
Ah yes, those were the days .
I can only assume that they were dropped to save money - and it's really
annoying when trying to do things like this (figure out which drive is which).
I've noted tha
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 03:10:23PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 02:55:00PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote:
> > On Sunday 11 August 2019 at 14:37:09, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> >
> > > I do not know which of the hard drives on my machine is /dev/sdb/
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > Or is ther
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 05:17:08PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> On 8/11/19 3:10 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 02:55:00PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote:
> > > On Sunday 11 August 2019 at 14:37:09, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > >
> > > > I do not know which of the hard drives on my
On 8/11/19 3:10 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 02:55:00PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote:
On Sunday 11 August 2019 at 14:37:09, Hendrik Boom wrote:
I do not know which of the hard drives on my machine is /dev/sdb/
...
Or is there some completely different way of accomplishing w
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 02:55:00PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote:
> On Sunday 11 August 2019 at 14:37:09, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>
> > I do not know which of the hard drives on my machine is /dev/sdb/
>
> ...
>
> > Or is there some completely different way of accomplishing what I want?
>
> # hdparm -i
On Sunday 11 August 2019 at 14:37:09, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> I do not know which of the hard drives on my machine is /dev/sdb/
...
> Or is there some completely different way of accomplishing what I want?
# hdparm -i /dev/sdb
It'll tell you the drive type and the serial number, which should als
