Find out serial / model number & vendor info for SATA and IDE disks
How can i find out hard drive information in linux box? Easy. Install smartmontools on linux box. On Debian & Ubuntu follow the instructions :
apt-get install smartmontools
vim /etc/defaults/smartmontools
Uncomment the follwing line
# uncomment to start smartd on system startup
start_smartd=yes
start the service, /etc/init.d/smartmontools start
smartctl -i /dev/hda or dev/sda (Gives you information about harddrive model no, serial no/ vendor details)
If its showing any errors like this “SMART support is: Unavailable”
Run this smartctl -i -d /dev/hda or /dev/sda (This should work).
To know detailed information about harddrive smartctl –all /dev/hda
check man smartctl to know more.
