Re: how to get serial_no from usb HD disk (HDIO_GET_IDENTITY ioctl, hdparm -i)

On 1/6/07, Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote:

On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 12:27:34AM +0200, Yakov Lerner wrote:
> How can I get serial_no from usb-attached HD drive ?

use the *_id programs that come with udev, they show you how to properly
do that.

Only "advanced" ATA-USB bridges will offer you the serial number the
adapter reads from the disk on power-up. The usual id-tools will just
work fine on theses bridges.

There is no way to reach that information with most of the cheap USB
storage-adapters.

Kay
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