On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 08:53:34AM -0600, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > > 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) "fdisk -l" requires root access and will give you a list of hard drives and their partitions found. Of course if a hard drive has no power, is disconnected, etc. it may be pysically in the machine but fdisk won't find it. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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