[Sussex] hard disk analysis tools

[Andy Smith]

On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:45:37AM +0100, David Morris wrote:
> Are there any tools I can run against it to access the SMART status for
> it or any other tools to access its status without having to reboot and
> risk it not coming backup again.

smartctl is the canonical tool, found in the "smartmontools" package
on debian / ubuntu.

Cheers,
Andy

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