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Is there anyway I can directly place data onto a hard drive, and then search for it in Linux and have Linux tell me it's exact location on the hard ...
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- 07-22-2004 #1Just Joined!
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Search a Hard Drive
Is there anyway I can directly place data onto a hard drive, and then search for it in Linux and have Linux tell me it's exact location on the hard drive? (block, sector, any information)
Does anyone know if there is a command or tool?
Much Thanks,
Krops
- 07-22-2004 #2Linux Engineer
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to search the hard drive for a specific file use
(basic instruction,it has more switches)..use man find to figure out..Code:find / -name <filename>
for information about hard disk use hdparm (man hdparm)Linux For Ever!
- 07-23-2004 #3Linux Engineer
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and maybe df command is useful.see man df for more
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