On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 12:23, Tom 'Needs A Hat' Mitchell wrote: > Research the smart capabilities for your disk. SMART is > > http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/smart.html > > "Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology" and can often tell > you important things about your system. For example elevated temp in > a drive may indicate a bad/blocked fan or air flow problem in the box. > > $ chkconfig --list | grep smart > smartd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > $ rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/sbin/smartd > kernel-utils-2.4-9.1.101.fedora > ... > RTFM... there is more than disks here. Check also your BIOS notes. > > See also > http://www.t13.org/project/d1321r1c.pdf > http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ > > > SUMMARY: vendor tools.... good stuff and better each year. > > > -- > T o m M i t c h e l l > /dev/null the ultimate in secure storage. These procedures may help, but having done failure analysis on computer and network components, I would suggest checking the thickness of your wallet. for -- jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
