How to see the disk label and what information does that contains..?

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How to see the disk label and what information does that contains..?..

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this information contains the complete disk geometry

like

number of blocks
number of sectors
number of cylinders

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How to see the disk label and what information does that contains..?..

Answer / mm

you can use format command also and select the disk .
and print the partition table

#format
specify the disk
give p and again p

it will tell you which level for format(SMI/EFI )also

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