walt <w41...@gmail.com> [10-05-27 04:08]: > On 05/26/2010 05:19 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > >Is there any way to check the disk without damaging its > >contents? > > Do you know about SMART? Install sys-apps/smartmontools if you > don't already have it, and read the manpage for smartctl. > > I add smartd to my default runlevel so the hard drives will test > themselves once every month and log the test results in syslog. > > Hm. I just noticed that smartd isn't actually running, so I need > to do some debugging now. But that's the idea, anyway. >
Hi, yes, I know smart... I was more thinking of a tool, which test the whole disc surface and reports every bad sector. Smarts is more of statistical kind: It counts events and tries to calculate dooms day from that ;) -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.
