From: Stephen Clark <Stephen.Clark@seclark.us>
To: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>, Yakov Lerner <iler.ml@gmail.com>,
Kernel Linux <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: how to get serial_no from usb HD disk (HDIO_GET_IDENTITY ioctl, hdparm -i)
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:59:49 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <459FD585.70400@seclark.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3ae72650701060715q4f036274xb6f8b664ab3233c@mail.gmail.com>
Kay Sievers wrote:
>On 1/6/07, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
>
>
>>On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 12:27:34AM +0200, Yakov Lerner wrote:
>>
>>
>>>How can I get serial_no from usb-attached HD drive ?
>>>
>>>
>>use the *_id programs that come with udev, they show you how to properly
>>do that.
>>
>>
>
>Only "advanced" ATA-USB bridges will offer you the serial number the
>adapter reads from the disk on power-up. The usual id-tools will just
>work fine on theses bridges.
>
>There is no way to reach that information with most of the cheap USB
>storage-adapters.
>
>Kay
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HI Kay,
I am looking to buy a usb to ata adapter can you name some of the
advanced adapters?
Thanks,
Steve
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-06 17:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-04 22:27 how to get serial_no from usb HD disk (HDIO_GET_IDENTITY ioctl, hdparm -i) Yakov Lerner
2007-01-06 4:51 ` Greg KH
2007-01-06 15:15 ` Kay Sievers
2007-01-06 16:59 ` Stephen Clark [this message]
2007-01-06 18:02 ` Kay Sievers
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