disk drive serial number

[Robert Huff]

Josh Carroll writes:

>  > is there a way to get the serial number from a drive from
>  > within the OS?  
>  
>  Check dmesg (or /var/run/dmesg.boot). The serial number should
>  show, e.g.:
>
>  ad8: 381553MB <Seagate ST3400633AS 3.AAH> at ata4-master SATA150

	That's the _model_ number, not the _serial_ number, yes?



				Robert Huff