Re: Disk/filesystem scan utility
On 09/17/2006 08:20 PM, J Merritt wrote:
> What disk/filesystem utilities are available for scanning physical hard
> drives and filesystems for physical errors, filesystem errors, etc. in
> Debian?
Adding to others' suggestions, look at smartmontools:
> $ apt-cache show smartmontools
> Description: control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T.
> The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd)
> to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and
> Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI
> hard disks. It is derived from the smartsuite package, and includes support
> for ATA/ATAPI-5 disks.
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