[Gllug] bootable cd testing

[Andy Farnsworth]

For testing of the speed of the hard drive, use hdparm.  To check for bad
blocks use the badblocks command (RTFMp).

Andy Farnsworth
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk]On Behalf
> Of SteveC
> Sent: June 03 2003 13:04
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: [Gllug] bootable cd testing
>
>
> I need a bootable cd that'll stress test a harddrive, and do
> diagnostics... So I'm gonna give FIRE http://fire.dmzs.com/?section=main
> and knoppix a try.. does anyone recommend any other tools, and
> specifically any way to test a HDD other than 'cat /dev/urandom >
> /dev/hda' ?
>
> I'd also like to see if there are any bad blocks on the drive... how can
> I do that?
>
> cheers,
>
> have fun,
>
> SteveC steve at fractalus.com http://www.fractalus.com/steve/
>
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