Smartctl does the trick. Turns out that smartctl is part of a bootable distro, StressLinux ( http://stresslinux.org/ ). The bootable CD allows testing on an unmounted disk which, as has been pointed out, is much preferred to the diags possible on a mounted disk.
Mike
Timothy E. Jedlicka - wrk wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, "Mike" == Mike Parkhurst wrote:
Mike> Is there any way to do disk diagnostics in linux?
smartctl? ----- Timothy Jedlicka, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 1-630-713-4436, AOL-IM=bonzowork Network Entomologist, Lucent Technologies, Testers For Hire
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