Re: [PARPORT] LS120


grant@torque.net
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:24:14 -0400 (EDT)


> I'm wondering if there's anyone out there who can answer an offtopic
> question, how can one check what type of media that is loaded in a
> LS120 drive?

What do you mean by "check" ? You could use df to view the capacity.
You could look at the messages printed when the drive is mounted (assuming
you are using pf). You can probably use "hdparm -g" or, if you need the
information in a program you can use the HDIO_GETGEOM ioctl ...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grant R. Guenther grant@torque.net
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- To unsubscribe, send mail to: linux-parport-request@torque.net --
-- with the single word "unsubscribe" in the body of the message. --



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b3 on Wed 23 Jun 1999 - 10:25:18 EDT