Hi William, On 06/21/2011 09:00 PM, william L'Heureux wrote: > > for x in /dev/sd[abcdefghijkm] ; do echo "**** $x ****" ; dd if=$x skip=2056 count=2 2>/dev/null |strings ; done > **** /dev/sda **** > -BILLSSHACK:0 > /4o. > **** /dev/sdb **** > billsshack:3 > **** /dev/sdc **** > -BILLSSHACK:0 > **** /dev/sdd **** > -BILLSSHACK:0 > CgW: > **** /dev/sde **** > billsshack:3 > **** /dev/sdf **** > billsshack:3 > **** /dev/sdg **** > billsshack:3 > <: L > **** /dev/sdh **** > -BILLSSHACK:0 > **** /dev/sdi **** > -BILLSSHACK:0 > **** /dev/sdj **** > -BILLSSHACK:0 > **** /dev/sdk **** > billsshack:3 > **** /dev/sdm **** > billsshack:3 > Zm$8 2 Hmmm. Not what I expected. Ah! Missing "1". Try both of these instead: for x in /dev/sd[abcdefghijkm]1 ; do echo "**** $x ****" ; dd if=$x skip=2056 count=2 2>/dev/null |strings ; done for x in /dev/sd[abcdefghijkm]1 ; do echo "**** $x ****" ; dd if=$x skip=2048 count=1 2>/dev/null |hexdump -C ; done Phil -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html