Char devices

file -s

Block devices

See also

• Block devices: blkid (UUID), lshw -class disk, hwinfo --disk, udevadm, rescan-scsi-bus.sh, LUN, hdparm, findfs, Add a new disk
• lsblk, pvscan lspci, lsscsi, smartctl, fdisk, parted, Kpartx, pvdiplay, pvs, udisksctl, /dev/sd, nvme list
• Block devices, partition, GUID Partition Table (GPT), fdisk, parted, Kpartx, partition, /proc/partitions, blockdev, mkfs, partprobe, diskpart (Windows), fdisk -l /dev/nbd0
• Block devices: HDD, SSD, Intel Optane, block size