--- On Wed, 27/1/10, Rick Bragg <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Rick Bragg <lists@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: How can I tell what drive is sdb?
> To: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, 27 January, 2010, 14:03
> Hi,
>
> I have a system with raid10 running Ubuntu 8.10. It
> uses a
> "promise"card
>
> # lsusb
> ..
> 01:02.0 Mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc.
> PDC40718 (SATA
> 300 TX4) (rev 02)
> ..
>
> I have 4 identical disks on it and they show up as
> /dev/sda, b, c, and
> d.
>
> However, sdb needs to be replaced. How can I tell
> which drive is sdb?
> Is there a way to identify what drive is what?
>
> Thanks
> Rick
>
I had this problem, and and as it is a mare removing the drives to identify what one is what.. When i needed to reorganise my physical drive order i took the liberty of writing on the sides/back of each drive a short incrementing ID that tallys to a spreadsheet of serial numbers that i gleaned from smartctl.
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