The 03.02.27 at 21:50, Terry Eck wrote:
And what would this simple utility in linux be called?
Sorry O:-) It's "ide-smart". You can find it with "apropos" if it is installed, or with pin if not. You might have to enable it on the bios - I'm not sure of that - and I don't remember if on the kernel as well, but I think not. This a run of it: nimrodel:~ # ide-smart -d /dev/hda Id= 1, Status=15 {PreFailure , OnLine }, Value= 62, Threshold= 25, Passed Id= 3, Status= 3 {PreFailure , OnLine }, Value= 98, Threshold= 0, Passed Id= 4, Status=50 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value= 99, Threshold= 20, Passed Id= 5, Status=51 {PreFailure , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 36, Passed Id= 7, Status=15 {PreFailure , OnLine }, Value= 78, Threshold= 30, Passed Id= 9, Status=50 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value= 97, Threshold= 0, Passed Id= 10, Status=19 {PreFailure , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 97, Passed Id= 12, Status=50 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 20, Passed Id=194, Status=34 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value= 33, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=195, Status=26 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=197, Status=18 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=198, Status=16 {Advisory , OffLine}, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=199, Status=62 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=200, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=200, Status= 0 {Advisory , OffLine}, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed Id=202, Status=50 {Advisory , OnLine }, Value=100, Threshold= 0, Passed OffLineStatus=2 {Completed}, AutoOffLine=No, OffLineTimeout=7 minutes OffLineCapability=29 {Immediate AbortOnCmd} SmartRevision=16, CheckSum=153, SmartCapability=3 {SaveOnStandBy AutoSave} But, if you detect a problem you'd better use the HD maker utility; this is usually a boot floppy which can be downloaded, and runs test specially designed for your drive. Some, like Seagate's also run generic tests. In any case the test result are far less cryptic that the above printout, which is a very quick test. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson