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Author: Tomasz Torcz
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Identifying an installed physical hard drive without damage
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 03:10:23PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 02:55:00PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote:
> > On Sunday 11 August 2019 at 14:37:09, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> >
> > > I do not know which of the hard drives on my machine is /dev/sdb/
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > Or is there some completely different way of accomplishing what I want?
> >
> > # hdparm -i /dev/sdb
> >
> > It'll tell you the drive type and the serial number, which should also be
> > printed on the drive label.
>
> Yes, that will help! Thank you.
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Or take a look at `ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/`, you will get maker, S/N
and sdX device.

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