Messages in this thread | | | From | (Mike Castle) | Subject | Re: IDE DMA problem with 2.6.0-test1 | Date | Thu, 07 Aug 2003 10:41:16 -0700 |
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In article <Pine.SOL.4.30.0308061750260.22000-100000@mion.elka.pw.edu.pl>, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl> wrote: > >You can also install smartmontools (http://smartmontools.sf.net/) >and check your drives (if they support SMART of course).
Point of interest: I just had a Maxtor drive go bad on me recently. Their diag tools caught it, as did my ear (made a nice clunking noise :-). But SMART didn't report a thing, and I looked hard too. :-/
mrc
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