Query disk write-caching settings

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Irving, Dave wrote:
> 
> 
>>hdparm -I /dev/had
>>-/dev/hda:
>>-Model=TSSTcorpCD-ROM TS-L162C, FwRev=N203, ...
> 
> 
> Now im confused. So /dev/hda is the cdrom and Im looking at the wrong
> device?
> Had a look at /etc/fstab, and I've got something like this:
> 
> LABEL=/    /    ext3 defaults 1 1
> ...
> 
> So, do I need to work out what device this label represents and run
> hdparm on that?
> If so, how do I work out what device a label corresponds to?
> 
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Dave
> 
Try running "mount" or "cat /proc/mounts".

Mikkel
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