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Re: Bug#949307: ITP: disk-filltest -- Simple Tool to Detect Bad Disks by Filling with Random Data



On Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at 06:30:01PM +0100, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> The simple tool disk-filltest can help, together with S.M.A.R.T. monitoring, to
> check disks periodically and thus be forewarned about coming failures. The
> function of disk-filltest is simple:
> 
> * Write files random-######## to the current directory until the disk is full.

How does this compare to f3read and f3write, from the "f3" package?


-- 
Jonathan Dowland


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