[Gllug] disk speed info

[Andrew Farnsworth]

Minty wrote:

>is there a way to find out what the specs of an ide disk are, without
>physically opening up the box and searching for the disk label?
>
>specifically stuff like the revolutions per min, buffer/cache sizes, etc.
>
>ps. goes without saying I've no idea what make/model is currently in there.
>  
>
I would try two things, first do a dmesg and review the output for disk 
information, maybe a model number that you can lookup on the web for the 
rest of the info you want.  2nd try hdparm and see what it can tell you.

Andrew Farnsworth

-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at gllug.org.uk
http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug