<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> On digest mode; replying to two messages at once. >--Forwarded Message Attachment-- >From: stonedge@myfastmail.com >To: blinux-list@redhat.com >Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:56:20 -0400 >Subject: Re: hard drive replacement questions > > >I have a question. did you crash when doing a upgrade in arch linux? >thanks Lee > No. It just wouldn't boot into arch one day. I hadn't run packman or anything. It turns out bad sectors developed on one of my archlinux partitians (I seperate the root and home onto seperate partitians). >--Forwarded Message Attachment-- >From: tony@baechler.net >To: blinux-list@redhat.com >Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:07:07 -0700 >Subject: Re: hard drive replacement questions > >You're way overcomplicating things. If your drive is called /dev/hda, it's >IDE, but newer Linux kernels use the SATA syntax for all drives, so your >drive is probably called /dev/sda on 2.6.26 and later. However, there is a >simple way to answer your questions: > >hdparm -iI /dev/sda > I ran hdparm -iI /dev/sda. I copied the model number (WDC WD600UE-22KVT0) into an internet search. It looks like the WD600UE hard drive is IDE. I'll have to reconsider my options. Thanks for the help. </div></body> </html>