On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 16:24 +0100, Andy Green wrote: > Somebody in the thread at some point said: > > > > What's a quick (even dirty) way of finding out how many HDs a system > > has? Assuming that: > > > > a) Not all of them are actively used, so they wouldn't be in > > /etc/fstab (or visible in df) > > > > b) /var/log/dmesg isn't available for scanning > > > > c) /var/log/messages isn't available for scanning > > > > d) And access to the boxes is (somewhat) restricted - they're in > > racks, and I really don't feel like yanking each and every one) > > > > Cool thing... > > $ cat/proc/diskstats > > lists unmounted stuff as well while the drive is still physically present. > > -Andy > A completely different method that I haven't seen on this thread yet (though I may have missed it): hal-find-by-capability --capability storage Running hal-device on the output (one line at a time) will get you all sorts of interesting information. Jonathan
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