get comprehensive information about a hard disk with the Linux command line.

Getting a lot of useful information about a hard disk drive is easy with Linux. The smartmontools package contains utilities to retrieve a lot of very useful info. Firstly, install this package. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~$ sudo apt install smartmontoolsjason@Yog-Sothoth:~$ sudo apt install smartmontools Then run the command with sudo to get info about a drive. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~$ sudo … Read more