Re: redhat; how to show which disks are actually seen

From: BearItAll (spam_at_rassler.co.uk)
Date: 06/15/05

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    Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:02:58 +0100

    On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:17:00 +0200, Sander wrote:

    > BearItAll wrote:
    >> On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:56:47 +0200, Sander wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>Hi,
    >>>
    >>>How do I, in Redhat 8/9, see which disks Redhat actually sees/knows are
    >>>in the system (apart from trying fdisk /dev/sda b c ...)
    >>>
    >>>Thanks in advance,
    >>>
    >>>Sander
    >>
    >>
    >> The command,
    >>
    >> mount
    >>
    >> On its own it tells you which volumes are currently mounted.
    >>
    >> Remember though that in UNIX/Linux we are talking about volumes rather
    >> than disks in that context. A volume can be less than a single disk or
    >> contain many physical disks (or drives), those physical drives don't
    >> have to be on a single computer or even on the same continent.
    >>
    >> In your tutorial you will see it talking about volume trees. That
    >> description is much more accurate than 'disks'. Part or all of a volume
    >> tree from another computer can be fitted into the volume tree of your
    >> own PC, the physical drives are just vehicles for the volumes.
    >>
    >>
    > No, I want to know the actual *disks* it thinks are present in the system.
    >
    > Sander

    oops. Sorry.

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