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Hi friends,
Can anybody tells, in linux, from where we can get the information of connected device (like Harddisk, Tape Drive etc) in linux machine ??

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you can use the "lspci" cmmand for cards, dont know about drives

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I use kubuntu to experiment and in /system/advanced (tab on top of window/ youcan go to file or to system etc and then anywhere formthere!
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Hi friends,
Can anybody tells, in linux, from where we can get the information of connected device (like Harddisk, Tape Drive etc) in linux machine ??

Several ways:

- You can find various information about devices and their connected status in /proc . In particular, look at /proc/devices , which lists character and block devices that have been detected.

- dmesg will print out the message buffer of the kernel, which includes detected hardware. Pipe it to 'less' or 'tail' for easier reading.

- lspci and lsusb will provide information about connected PCI and USB devices/controllers, respectively. Note that these commands simply reformat the information found in the /proc filesystem.

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