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[Discuss] SSD Drives



Bill,

Bill Bogstad <bogstad at pobox.com> writes:

> hdparm -I /dev/sdXXXX
>
> gives me firmware revision along with a bunch of other stuff for hard
> drives.
> Can't recall if I've used it with SSDs, but I suspect SATA based SSDs
> should respond.

It works (once I actually installed hdparm).  Thanks for the suggestion:

	Model Number:       Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1TB                 
	Serial Number:      S1D9NSAF419852J     
	Firmware Revision:  EXT0BB6Q

> Bill Bogstad

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