On Sunday 23 May 2004 17:55, bruce wrote: > ok.. a basic question that i can't find the right answer for... > > how can i find out what my hard drive on my system is called...??? > > is fdisk the right function to use.. what would the attributes > be...??? > > thanks > > bruce > bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Not sure exactly which information you're after but try: fdisk -l and/or cat /etc/fstab for each drive listed you can issue (for example for /dev/hda): hdparm -I /dev/hda for a detailed list of drive attributes. And you can also poke around in your /proc filesystem. For example, for an ide drive installed as /dev/hda: cat /proc/ide/hda/model cat /proc/ide/hda/settings etc.... Regards, Mike Klinke -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list