Is there a program that can check disk for damages? I need a surface scan similar to windows because I suspect that there is something wrong with one of my discs. If it is important, my hard disk is IDE. Thanx
time dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/null
simple reads complete surface of hda, if any reading error ocures, u'll see it on the screen
If your disk has s.m.a.r.t. capability, I recommend
emerge smartmontools, by which u can test the disk by running command:
smartctl -t offline /dev/hda (it runs hidden and takes some time, so u have to wait ... )
s.m.a.r.t. error log is accessible by command:
smartctl -l error /dev/hda
noro
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