David M. Strang wrote:
/Patrick wrote:
pretty sure "smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sdwhatever" will tell you the
serial number. (Hopefully the kernel is new enough that it supports
SATA/smart, otherwise you need a kernel patch which won't be any
better...)
Yep... 2.6.15 or better... I need the
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 07:44:40PM -0400, David M. Strang wrote:
/Patrick wrote:
pretty sure "smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sdwhatever" will tell you the
serial number. (Hopefully the kernel is new enough that it supports
SATA/smart, otherwise you need a kernel patch which won't be any
better...)
Y
/Patrick wrote:
pretty sure "smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sdwhatever" will tell you the
serial number. (Hopefully the kernel is new enough that it supports
SATA/smart, otherwise you need a kernel patch which won't be any
better...)
Yep... 2.6.15 or better... I need the magical patch =\.
Any other
David M. Strang wrote:
> What options do I have to retreive the serial number without driving out
> to the datacenter and looking at the drive? Do I need to be afraid of
> upgrading my kernel and mdadm and having my superblock go poof?
pretty sure "smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sdwhatever" will tell you
Hello all...
I'm looking for a suggestion or two... I have a server running with 2
Western Digital WD4000YR drives running a RAID1 mirror... the other day, I
was lucky enough to have one of the drives fail. Being as they are new(er)
drives, they are still under warrenty, and I'm looking to do
