Bob Proulx wrote: > Does your disk support S.M.A.R.T.? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T. > > Try it and see if the disk drive reports any physical errors. > > $ sudo apt-get install smartmontools > > Here are some example uses: > > $ sudo smartctl -i /dev/sda > SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. > SMART support is: Enabled > > If smart is available but disabled then you would need to enable it > before making use of it. > > $ sudo smartctl -s on /dev/sda > > Then check the disk health status. > > $ sudo smartctl -H /dev/sda > SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED > That's what I was speaking about (smartmontools). Well, no problem, as I said: == # smartctl -H /dev/sdc5 smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED == > You can manually run a selftest like this: > > $ sudo smartctl -t short /dev/sda > > Then wait a couple of minutes for the test to complete and then > observe the results. > > $ sudo smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda > == # smartctl -l selftest /dev/sdc5 smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 13106 - == > I recommend setting up automatic regular selftests by configuring > smartmontools to run them regularly. > I'll make it. > Hopefully your disk is okay and not reporting physical errors. > Yes. But I even ran a longer test months before, and it reported no error. Weird. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me.
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