I'm not 100% sure but I don't think it will work with a virtual machine as you need direct kernel access to the harddrive. I don't know if Parallels allows you to mount a drive directly for only use in parallels or not.
From: Jeffrey Engle <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Sent: Friday, February 4, 2011 2:13 PM Subject: Re: General Disk hardware health? On Feb 4, 2011, at 11:05 AM, Albert Carter wrote: > Does Macintosh have a port of hdparm? Not sure but that works really well in > Linux. It allows you to find out how long the drive has been running, access > the direct SMART information, test it, and several other neat features. > I have Ubuntu in my parallels box on this mac, how do I do what your telling me about? or is that possible with a virtual machine I wonder? Jeffrey Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
