2006-11-19T09:32:22ZFluxBBhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=27029'hdparm -Tt' for checking throughput (modern drives: > 50 MB/s) and 'smartctl -t long' (smartmontools) for a complete surface scan. That last one might need to be run from a live cd, because a mounted root fs would be too busy for finishing in a reasonable time.]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=59792006-11-19T09:32:22Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=209273#p209273Why not use simple badblocks from a live-cd to do that? ]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=14192006-11-18T22:34:28Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=209200#p209200T-Dawg is correct: the Ultimate Boot CD includes extensive hard drive diagnostics utilities from more than half a dozen hard drive manufacturers, e.g. Seagate, Western Digital, Hitachi, Maxtor, Samsung, if I remember correctly. Well worth having!
Robert
]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=76752006-11-18T18:51:35Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=209159#p209159ok thanks. i will check it out.
/Thomas
]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=42522006-11-17T12:42:25Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=208860#p208860I'm pretty sure all the linux filesystems included that feature, at least ext3 and reiserfs do for sure. As far as the hard disk itself, most manufacturers supply simple disk utilities which include it too. I can vouche for maxtor. The ultimate boot cd may have something like it but I'm not sure..]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=28682006-11-17T12:40:31Zhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=208859#p208859hiya.
anyone know any utilityprogram to do read/write test on a harddisk ?
tried to search a bit on the forums but couldnt find any post about it.