Terry Eck wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
The 03.02.26 at 08:59, Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:
Am I looking an an impending drive failure?
If your HD is smart capable, use it: it might answer your question. There is a simple utility in linux to check it, but, if in doubt, get the testing software from the HD manufacturer and use it.
And what would this simple utility in linux be called?
I have missed some of this thread. However, HD tools that I know of are "fsck."your file system type and "hdparm". -- 73 de Donn Washburn __ " http://www.hal-pc.org/~n5xwb " Ham Callsign N5XWB / / __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 307 Savoy St. / /__ / / / \/ / / /_/ / \ \/ / Sugar Land, TX 77478 /_____/ /_/ /_/\__/ /_____/ /_/\_\ LL# 1.281.242.3256 a MSDOS Virus "Free Zone" OS Email: n5xwb@hal-pc.org Info: http://www.knoppix.com