[Gllug] Which disk utility to believe?

Fri May 27 09:30:44 UTC 2011

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:20:24AM +0100, gvim wrote:
> errors and reported "Passed" after a 2 and 1/2 hour test. So I'm
> wondering which to believe - the drive manufacturer's own utility or
> Red Hat's generic Palimpsest, ie. "Disk Utility"?

Don't believe either of them; check more directly.  Install the
smartmontools package and use smartctl to see what the disk is actually
reporting about its health.

-- 
Bruce

What would Edward Woodward do?
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