Linux disk properties

The Linux disk properties dialog box shows the properties of the selected disk.

For information about Linux storage management, see the Linux documentation.

Table: Linux disk properties dialog box fields describes the fields that are displayed in the dialog box.

Table: Linux disk properties dialog box fields

Field

Description

Disk type

The type of disk.

Heads

The number of heads.

Bytes per sector

The number of bytes in each sector; all sectors are the same size.

Cylinders

The number of cylinders in the disk.

Label

The label for the disk.

SCSI channel

The channel to which the device is attached.

SCSI host

The host of the SCSI device.

SCSI ID

The ID of the SCSI device.

SCSI LUN

The logical unit number.

Sectors per cylinder

The number of sectors per cylinder.

Sectors per track

The number of tracks per sector; all sectors have the same number of tracks.