on 7-28-2008 12:10 PM Lanny Marcus spake the following: > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Alex <ethericalzen-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: >> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:26:30 -0700 >> MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com> took out a #2 pencil and scribbled: >> >>> Over the weekend, I had to make a technical support call on one >>> of my DVD burners, and at one point the recorded message >>> mentioned I should have my serial number handy. I thought there >>> was a way to read that from at least one piece of software on the >>> system, but I couldn't remember one and man -k on a number of >>> subjects was unrevealing. >>> >>> Can someone enlighten me (us)? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> mhr >> You can try hdparm -i /dev/yourdevice >> >> You may need to run this as root. There is a field for Serial >> Number, but for my devices no serial number is provided. This may >> not help you, but it could work. >> >> Output from my system: >> >> [prata at crane ~]$ sudo hdparm -i /dev/hdc >> >> /dev/hdc: >> >> Model=Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-106S 011, FwRev=E1.14, >> SerialNo= Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs >> nonMagnetic }.....other info is there but is not relevant. > > Mark: Try that! On my Desktop, it gives me the SN for the HD (hda), > but the space for > SN is blank, for hdc (DVD reader) and hdd (CD-RW). . If you are lucky, > on your box, it will give you the SN for the DVD > burner. Lanny I don't think most optical drive manufacturers embed serial numbers in their drives. Hard drives are different, as their testing process lets them change something like a serial number, but an optical drive would require a custom firmware to be created and then loaded to the drive. That would slow the process. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080728/8dc6dc5f/attachment-0003.sig>