How to Find Out if a Drive is SSD or HDD

How to Find Out if a Drive is SSD or HDD

Method 1:

On the latest kernels the SSD disks are automatically detected. This is how you verify:

Replace sda with your hard drive path.

$ cat /sys/block/sda/queue/rotational

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You will a number as an output

1 means you have a HDD
0 means you have a SSD

Method 2:

If you do not have the smartctl tool, you have to install it, like this:

$ sudo apt-get install smartmontools

Find out if you have a SSD or a normal HDD:

$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda

If you get this output, it means you have an SSD, else, it is an HDD:

Rotation Rate: Solid State Device