On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 03:30:24PM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Tobias Weisserth wrote: > > > Am Mi, den 04.02.2004 schrieb STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT) um 20:36: > > > > I am now suspicious of the hard drive. Are there > > > any surface scan utilities for linux? > > > Well, you can always use the diagnostic utilities most harddrive vendors > > offer. Seagate for example offers two toolsets on bootable CDs which can > > do a complete and thorough check of Seagate harddrives. I am convinced > > most other major vendors like IBM or Maxtor offer similar utilities. > > Check out your vendors website ;-) > > Get 'em all, & more, on one bootable iso: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ for something really crude, you could do: dd if=/dev/hdxx of=/dev/null bs=10240k and watch for i/o errors. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --------------------------- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) -----------------------------
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