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-rwxr-xr-xDocumentation/block/blockconsole/bcon_tail5
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diff --git a/Documentation/block/blockconsole/bcon_tail b/Documentation/block/blockconsole/bcon_tail
index b4bd6604b1d769..eb3524be7dc3d2 100755
--- a/Documentation/block/blockconsole/bcon_tail
+++ b/Documentation/block/blockconsole/bcon_tail
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ if [ -z "$(which lsscsi)" ]; then
exit 1
fi
+if [ -z "$(which hdparm)" ]; then
+ echo "You need to install the hdparm package on your distro."
+ exit 1
+fi
+
end_of_log() {
DEV=$1
UUID=`head -c40 $DEV|tail -c8`