Testing hard disk

[John Summerfied]

Billy Tallis wrote:
> I recently dug up some old IDE drives that I would like to use for
> some relatively short term data storage. Is there any tool I can use
> to check if the drive is still in working order?
> 
[summer at echidna ~]$ rpm -qf /usr/sbin/smartctl
kernel-utils-2.4-13.1.49_FC3

Read the docs, you might want the latest source for smart tools; there's 
a new version each time they add new device support (and some times 
those new devices added are old ones).

You can't test drives in USB caddies though. Disk enclosures that attach 
to ATA cables are fine.


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John

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