Mark Copper wrote:
> Dear Users,
>
> I have an Intel machine on which I installed software RAID 1 using a
> Knoppix trick back in January of last year:
>
> # uname -a
> Linux deneb 2.6.15 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 5 18:12:48 EST 2006 i686
> GNU/Linux
>
> The machine suffered occasional kernel panics which, upon removal from
> the data center where I colocated it, I have not been able to reproduce.
> However, I do notice occasional "hesitations" involving disk writes that
> I felt were somehow related to the panics. There was also a post to
> kernel.org at the time where in a similar setup kernel panics were
> traced to a bad hard disc.
>
> So, I'm thinking simply to replace both hard drives.
>
> Is this foolish? Is there a better approach not requiring special
> equipment to diagnosing the problem?
>
> thanks.
>
> Mark
>
try smart-tools. a) it can tell the disc to test itself b) it can tell
you what the hard-drive thinks about itself (don't pay too much attn to
"PASSED" b/c that's just a 24 hour warning)
And yes, it does work with SATA drives, it just needs the '-d ata' hint
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