RE: [SLE] Hard Drive diagnostics.

Hi:

Are there commands, similar to hdparm -I, to test your hard drive. I

check out SpinRite from Gibson Research -----Original Message----- From: Jean-FranXois Bocquet [mailto:tns01@free.fr] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 9:20 PM To: j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Hard Drive diagnostics. On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:11:55 -0500 Jonathan Drews wrote: think

mine is failing. Don't know though, I get squealing and rumbling noises from my box.

If your drive is SMART capable, you can use 'ide-smart /dev/hdx' to check it. It's on the ap series of your SuSE distro. Do a 'man ide-smart' for more info. HTH, regards... -- Jean-François Bocquet =======================+ http://tns01.free.fr | =================================+ ··· proud Linux User #177410| -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK------ +------------------------------------+ Version: 3.12 Comment: For info see http://www.geekcode.com GCS/S d-- s:+ a- C++ UL+>++ P+ L+++>++++ E W++ N+ o+ K- !w O? M? V? PS PE- Y+ PGP+ t+ 5? X++ R tv++ b+ DI- D+ G e+ h! r-- y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com