lsblk odd results
Grizzly
Real_Grizz_Adams at yahoo.co.uk
Fri Feb 22 12:16:43 UTC 2019
22 February 2019 at 11:10, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
Re: lsblk odd results (at least in part)
>On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:45:24 +0000, Colin Law wrote:
>>On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 at 09:30, Grizzly wrote:
>>> Your output was correct but my own case still seems off, the USB
>>> sticks "should" not appear as rotational? and that brings the
>>> validity of my test(s) into question, I could be wrong about which
>>> (if any) of my drives are SSD's but not wrong about the USB sticks
>>
>>My suspicion is that the system cannot tell whether a USB stick is
>>rotational or not (it may be a USB plugin rotational disc or plugin
>>SSD), though I may well be wrong and shall not be surprised if someone
>>corrects me.
>
>I don't know the reason for it, but at least I can confirm that an USB
>stick is shown as a spinning device and that this is issue isn't
>related to Ubuntu and/or Grizzly's install.
>
>$ lsb_release -d
>Description: Arch Linux
>$ lsblk --v
>lsblk from util-linux 2.33.1
>$ lsblk -d -o NAME,ROTA
>NAME ROTA
>sda 0 an internal ssd
>sdb 0 an internal ssd
>sdc 0 an internal ssd
>sdd 0 an internal ssd
>sde 1 an USB stick
>sdf 1 an USB HDD
>sr0 1 an internal DVD drive
>I wonder what would happen, if I would connect an USB SDD.
Or a Smart Mem card in a dedicated slot
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