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>--Forwarded Message Attachment-- >From: stonedge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:56:20 -0400 >Subject: Re: hard drive replacement questions > > >I have a question. did you crash when doing a upgrade in arch linux? >thanks Lee > No. It just wouldn't boot into arch one day. I hadn't run packman or anything. It turns out bad sectors developed on one of my archlinux partitians (I seperate the root and home onto seperate partitians). >--Forwarded Message Attachment-- >From: tony@xxxxxxxxxxxx >To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:07:07 -0700 >Subject: Re: hard drive replacement questions > >You're way overcomplicating things. If your drive is called /dev/hda, it's >IDE, but newer Linux kernels use the SATA syntax for all drives, so your >drive is probably called /dev/sda on 2.6.26 and later. However, there is a >simple way to answer your questions: > >hdparm -iI /dev/sda > I ran hdparm -iI /dev/sda. I copied the model number (WDC WD600UE-22KVT0) into an internet search. It looks like the WD600UE hard drive is IDE. I'll have to reconsider my options. Thanks for the help. |
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