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LPI Certification / CompTIA Linux+ Practice Test

Category - LINUX

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You need to get specific information about the IDE hard drive in your system. Which of the following commands should you use from the shell prompt?
  1. hddump
  2. hdparm
  3. lsusb
  4. sg_scan
Explanation
Answer - B - You should use the hdparm command to get specific information about the IDE hard drive in your system.

Key Takeaway: Hdparm is a command line utility used to view ATA hard disk hardware parameters. It can be used to set parameters such as drive caches, sleep mode, power management, acoustic management, and DMA settings.
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