Re: Which disk is failing?

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>]

Gregory Seidman wrote:
> # hdparm -i /dev/sda
>   HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed: Invalid argument
>
> /dev/sda:
>
> # hdparm -i /dev/sdb
>   HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed: Invalid argument
>
>    
You might try "lusb" - to list devices on your usb bus.  That might help 
you identify specific devices.

Also try nosing around in the sub-directories under /dev/disk

And, perhaps an obvious question, but does the drive maker provide any 
device-specific drivers or utilities that might help?


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