How do I tell what size drives are in my TiVo?

[scgf]

I am about to put my TiVo on Ebay and am writing a description for it. I can't remember what size drives are in it. I tried doing 'df' in a Telnet terminal, but the figures don't make much sense.

Is there an easy way to do this without removing the lid?

Many thanks.

[scgf]

Thanks for looking, anyway guys. I am surprised none of you knew how to do this ;)

In the end I took the top off - it was quicker!

[cwaring]

It's not that we don't more that it can't be done :)

[blindlemon]

smartctl -a /dev/hda

and (if you have 2 drives)

smartctl -a /dev/hdb

;)

[cwaring]

No-one likes a smart-arse BL :D

[blindlemon]

I missed the post where he said he'd taken the top off, so I thought I was being helpful!

Won't bother next time... :p

[andyjenkins]

did'nt know that smartctl could tell the size of the disk. CHecking my TiVo I can't find the size of either hda or hdb. smartctl does show the make & model of the drive so I could google that and find out I guess.

bash-2.02# ./smartctl -i /dev/hda
smartctl version 5.1-9 Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct20 40
Serial Number: xxx
Firmware Version: APL.0900
ATA Version is: 5
ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1
Local Time is: Mon Aug 7 07:10:04 2006 localtime
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# ./smartctl -i /dev/hdb
smartctl version 5.1-9 Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: SAMSUNG SP1203N
Serial Number: xxx
Firmware Version: TL100-30
ATA Version is: 7
ATA Standard is: 9,minutes
Local Time is: Mon Aug 7 07:10:07 2006 localtime
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

BL - can you paste your output of smartctl -a please? Also, what version are you using ? I'm on 5.1-9

[blindlemon]

You are quite correct - smartctl just shows the model number of the drive(s).

However, I kind of assumed anbody reading this forum would also have the nous to find out the drive size from the model number! :D