sata and changing devices

[Gerry Reno]

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 04:24:01PM -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
>   
>> The serial number might be ok until you replace the disk. Just have to 
>> remember to rerun the tools for the replacement and to note the 
>> replacement lineage. In scripts I think I could parse smartctl output 
>> for serial numbers or is there something better under /proc I can parse?
>>     
>
> hdparm is probably better to parse than hdparm. Especially
>
> hdparm --Istdout 
>
>   
Ok, I was trying to steer clear of hdparm if I could because I got bit a 
couple times with that command. But in this instance in a script it 
should be ok.


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