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Old 12-03-2008, 12:37 AM   #1
newbiesforever
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don't know how to run smartmontools


I went to Synaptic to download smartmontools, but it says I already have the program. So how do I run it? I tried to find out by typing "man smartmontools," but the console said there was no manual entry for that. Smartmontools is not in my K menu.

It's pretty obvious that my HD is failing badly, but I'd like to prove it by performing tests.
 
Old 12-03-2008, 02:03 AM   #2
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Look in /usr/share/doc.
 
Old 12-03-2008, 02:37 AM   #3
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This is short & sweet instructions for a Debian based distro:

http://www.howtoforge.com/checking-h...-debian-ubuntu

Regards,
Stefan
 
Old 12-03-2008, 06:08 AM   #4
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From the smartmontools tools package description found by KPackage in KDE 3.5.3:
Quote:
The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems
Both have man pages. I suspect smartctl will be more useful/interesting.
 
Old 12-03-2008, 02:18 PM   #5
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Yeps, smartd is just a daemon, smartctl is the command-line-based tool. Use the manpage or go to the projects homepage

An useful tutorial in German is here.
 
  


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