Linux - How to figure out what harddrives are attached?
So I have a server that has a few harddrives in it, all formatted and mounted. However I'm told there is another drive attached to it. How do I find out what drives are attached? How do I find out the device filename for this new drive (that's not mounted)
Solution 1:
fdisk -l
Solution 2:
For those coming here from a search - this is (currently) an old question with old answers, but there are other newer posts that answer this question better.
The solution I prefer is:
root# lsblk -io NAME,TYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,FSTYPE,MODEL
NAME TYPE SIZE MOUNTPOINT FSTYPE MODEL
sdb disk 2.7T WDC WD30EZRX-00D
`-sdb1 part 2.7T linux_raid_member
`-md0 raid1 2.7T /home xfs
sda disk 1.8T ST2000DL003-9VT1
|-sda1 part 196.1M /boot ext3
|-sda2 part 980.5M [SWAP] swap
|-sda3 part 8.8G / ext3
|-sda4 part 1K
`-sda5 part 1.8T /samba xfs
sdc disk 2.7T WDC WD30EZRX-00D
`-sdc1 part 2.7T linux_raid_member
`-md0 raid1 2.7T /home xfs
sr0 rom 1024M CDRWDVD DH-48C2S
References:
- https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/4561
- https://askubuntu.com/q/182446
- https://serverfault.com/a/5081/109417
Solution 3:
The sg_* utilities might also be useful:
$ sudo sg_map -i
/dev/sg0 /dev/sda ATA WDC WD5000BEVT-2 01.0
/dev/sg1 /dev/scd0 Optiarc BD ROM BC-5500S 1.83
/dev/sg2 /dev/sdb ATA WDC WD5000BEVT-0 01.0
/dev/sg3 /dev/sdc WD PP III Studio II 0817
There are lots of other commands in the sg utilities such as sg_scan, sg_readcap and so on.
Also if you are booted from a redhat/centos cd you can switch to an alternate console and use the "list-harddrives" command to show disks attached to the system.