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.
|