On Fri, Feb 11, 2000 at 01:28:22PM +0100, f5ibh wrote:
> Did you remark than the disk model is reported correctly with "hdparm -i .." and
> there is some garbage (letters mixed) when using "hdparm -I .."
>
> with hdparm -i /dev/hdb :
> Model=WDC WD172AA, FwRev=82.10A82, SerialNo=WD-WM6910086788
>
> with hdparm -I /dev/hdb
> Model=DW CDW71A2 A , FwRev=281.A028,
> SerialNo=DWW-6M19006887 8
That is not garbage.
"hdparm -I" reports what the disk actually says (now).
"hdparm -i" reports a somewhat polished version
of what the disk said at boot time.
Many disks report things in a big-endian order.
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