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31.Dd November 9, 2004
32.Dt DISKINFO 8
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm diskinfo
36.Nd get information about disk device
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl ctv
40.Ar disk ...
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44utility prints out information about a disk device,
45and optionally runs a naive performance test on the device.
46.Pp
47If given no arguments, the output will be a single line per specified device
48with the following fields: device name, sectorsize, media size in bytes,
49media size in sectors, firmware cylinders, firmware heads, and firmware sectors.
50The last three fields are only present if the information is available.
51.Pp
52If given the
53.Fl v
54option, the fields will be printed one per line with a descriptive comment.
55.Pp
56The
57.Fl c
58option triggers a simple measurement of the I/O read command overhead.
59.Pp
60The
61.Fl t
62option triggers a simple and rather naive benchmark of the disks seek
63and transfer performance.
64.Sh HISTORY
65The
66.Nm
67command appeared in
68.Fx 5.1 .
69.Sh AUTHORS
70.An Poul-Henning Kamp
71.Sh BUGS
72There are in order of increasing severity: lies,
73damn lies, statistics, and computer benchmarks.
74