What kind of HDD

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Hi,

How can you see what kind of harddisk you have (IDE,SCSI,SATA,SATA II?
Different conections?


Thx
 
HDI said:
Hi,

How can you see what kind of harddisk you have (IDE,SCSI,SATA,SATA II?
Different conections?


Thx
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without opening the case...
just watch the bios messages
 
Hi,

How can you see what kind of harddisk you have (IDE,SCSI,SATA,SATA II?
Different conections?


Thx
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do a df, ide drives are mounted as /dev/hdx, SATA drives as /dev/sdx.

df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdc5 7936256 6312288 1214316 84% /
/dev/hdc1 8064272 4835464 2819156 64% /fc3_32
/dev/hdc3 8064304 7062808 591840 93% /fc3_64
/dev/sda3 183445652 76720532 97406620 45% /home
/dev/sda2 49116364 4846844 44269520 10% /local
 
HDI said:
Is there a differende between an IDE HDD and an ATA HDD
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No, both mean the same thing. ATA is the official name, but IDE is more
commonly used.
 
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