On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Alex <ethericalzen at gmail.com> 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