Josh Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, said on Sun Nov 11, 2007 [06:38:08 PM]: } > is there a way to get the serial number from a drive from within the OS? im } > trying to audit the drives in my file server, but without pulling the thing } > from the rack and cracking it open. they are just standard sata drives, not } > on any sort of raid controller (ie, i know 3ware cards are capable of pulling } > the drive info). } } Check dmesg (or /var/run/dmesg.boot). The serial number should show, e.g.: } } ad8: 381553MB <Seagate ST3400633AS 3.AAH> at ata4-master SATA150
That's a model number, not a serial number. I'm not sure if there's a simpler way, but smartctl (from the smartmontools port/package) will display a disk's serial number. [602] [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp$ smartctl -a /dev/ad0 | grep -i serial Serial Number: 9QG386BV There's probably a better way, but this should at least work. -- Jon Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
