6 FAQ tagged "hard_disk"
Viewing 1-6 of 6 FAQ -- How to: Find Out Hard Disk Specs / Details on Linux :
Q. Can you tell me Linux command to find out information about my hard disk such as description, product name, bus type, size, cache memory size etc under Linux?
A. There are many tools to get this information. I recommend hdparm command which provides a command line interface to various hard disk [...] - UNIX / Linux: copy master boot record (MBR) :
Q. How do I copy MBR from one hard disk to another hard disk under Debian Linux? I need to do this because of RAID 1 configuration.
A. To copy MBR simply use dd command. dd command works under all Linux distros and other UNIX like oses.
dd command to copy MBR
Type dd command as follows:
dd [...] - Linux: Find out serial / model number and vendor information for SATA and IDE hard disk :
Q. How do I find out the make, model and serial number for my SCSI or IDE hard disks under CentOS Linux server? How do I get vendor information about my disk storage w/o opening my Intel / AMD server chassis?
A.. You need to use hdparm command. It provides a command line [...] - Linux LILO boot procedure freezes with LI characters (Lilo boot loader LI error) :
Q. My Linux system says LI while booting system and then boots procedure freezes or halts. How do I solve this problem?
A. LILO is a generic boot loader for Linux. This error means few things. LI characters indicate that LILO is having problems. It cannot boot the system.
a) Goto BIOS and set LBA mode for [...] - Linux: How to delete a partition with fdisk command :
Q. My system comes with pre installed Linux and XP. Now I would like to delete a partition. How do I delete a partition?
A. Hard disks can be divided into one or more logical disks called partitions. This division is described in the partition table found in sector 0 of the [...] - Howto find out or Learn harddisk size in Linux or UNIX :
Q. How do I find out or learn hard disk size in Linux?
A. Under Linux and UNIX you can use df command. df command displays the amount of disk space available on the file system containing each file name argument. If no file [...]
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