[plug] Hard disk Testing

[Ashley Jennings]

Hello Jay & hello plug list members (my first post :-) ,

      For hard disk testing under linux I have used a application called badblocks. Left it running overnight and in the morning it had generated a list of all bad blocks found on the device. This list can be used in conjunction with e2fsck to flag them.  I haven't heard of any programs which can check a drive controller, however my previous drives which were turning up their toes have had trouble seeking and make unnecessary spin up/spin downs before croaking(audible difference in drive activity).

badblocks is contained in the e2fsprogs package on Debian distros.

Ashley


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Turner" <jturner at bsis.com.au>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:28:45 +0800
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Subject: [plug] Hard disk Testing

> Hi All,
> 
> Just wondering if anyone knows of a hard disk testing program similar to
> Memtest x86 for memory?
> 
> I believe I have a disk that maybe on the way out and would like to run some
> conclusive tests on it to prove this.
> 
> Thanks
> Jay
> 
> 
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