Find disk model (HSS, SSD)
Prints the model and the size of the disk
Disks & Partitions
Proxmox – Select which disks attached to vm to backup
I have a VM that has a physical hard disk passed through by Proxmox. This is a very large disk with unimportant content, meaning it just occupies a space on my backup drive š Head to the VM in Proxmox, select hardware, then select the disk you don’t want to be included in the snapshot … Read moreProxmox – Select which disks attached to vm to backup
How to passthrough Physical disks to VM in Proxmox
Login as root on your server (not VM) List all disk physical disks IDs: Add the disk to VM: 101 is the id of VM (usually 100 is the first VM), scsi3 is the first available hard disk ID in your VM (usually scsi0 is the first disk in VM) and ata-WDC_xxxxxxxxxxxxx is the disk … Read moreHow to passthrough Physical disks to VM in Proxmox
FSTAB
Edit fstab: Mount disk: Different partitions types: ext4, ext2, ext3, reiserfs, xfs, jfs, smbfs, iso9660, vfat, ntfs, swap, auto Mount nfs share: Mount samba share: share.nameĀ NOT dir.name! āReloadsā fstab for changes to take effect:
DF (Disk Free) – Check free disk space
Displays available disk space in human readable format: Or you can target a specific disk:
How to check for bad sectors/blocks on hard disk
First use the fdisk with superuser privileges to list all your disk drives and partitions: Check your partitions by typing: Example output: Or you could sadly get the number of bad sectors š
List disk, partitions & UUID
Disk and partitions in diagram, size (Mb) and mounting points (directories): Lists all block devices, UUID and partition: Block devices, UUID and attributesĀ (issues with unpartitioned): Cfdisk is an interactive app for disk partitioning. It lets you create, delete, and modify partitions on a block device. for current disk: or selected disk: Parted is partition manager … Read moreList disk, partitions & UUID