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How can I check the technical info on my notebook with Ubuntu 14.04?

I would like to check the dimension and if is IDLE or SATA

Ale
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    http://askubuntu.com/questions/143796/how-to-determine-hardware will show all you can get from the operating system. – Rinzwind Mar 25 '16 at 21:59
  • @Rinzwind: A more specialised utility hdparm was not mentioned in that thread and has been used as an answer here. Arguable this is the best tool for a look at the HDD only. – andrew.46 Mar 26 '16 at 02:40

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The utility hdparm is IMHO the best tool for this job. Simply run as follows:

sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda

and you will have more than enough information on your HDD. There are many options available (see in the reference at the base of this post), I have given:

-I   Detailed/current information directly from drive

hdparm is part of a default installation on Trusty Tahr so no extra installation required...

References:

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