Command to check hard drive

satimis · 06-23-2004, 03:19 AM

Hi folks,

RH8.0

Which will be an effecive command checking the harddrive and fixing errors found.

# hdparm -tT ???
# fsck /dev/hda ???

Remark:
#df

Code:

Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2             37389260  15048948  20441028  43% /
/dev/hda1                46636      9290     34938  22% /boot
none                    256976         0    256976   0% /dev/shm

TIA

B.R.
satimis

hw-tph · 06-23-2004, 03:27 AM

It all depends on what errors you have. If you have filesystem corruption, then yes - fsck is what you'll want to use. hdparm -tT measures the throughput speed of the disk but doesn't really check for errors. For monitoring SMART data (for hardware failure notices) you can use smartctl from the smartmontools suite.

Håkan

satimis · 06-23-2004, 03:57 AM

Hi Håkan,

Tks for your advice.

At present there is no error warning on running my OS.

Previously on one or two occasions the OS could not start hanging on 'Welomme to...' at booting. I switched off the computing and tunred it on again. It booted straight forward. I wonder whether there is any error on the OS. Therefore I want to render a complete check.

B.R.
satimis

naren · 06-23-2004, 09:24 AM

hi,
U can use the utility 'badblocks' check the man page for this ...

n comin to fsck, the file scanner tool... U have to unmount the partisions

satimis · 06-25-2004, 02:42 AM

Hi naren

Quote:

U can use the utility 'badblocks' check the man page for this ...

n comin to fsck, the file scanner tool... U have to unmount the partisions

Are there other tools to check irregularities on hard drive and/or OS without unmounting the partitions

B.R.
satimis