On Thu, July 19, 2007 10:24 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 10:08:08AM -0700, Lan Barnes spake thusly: >> Probably should. Can you recommend the tests I should run? Remember, >> this >> isn't my area. (Sometimes I wonder if I have an area :-( ) > > I wish I was aware of more comprehensive disk exercising tools for Linux > but the only one I know of is badblocks. Make sure you use it in read-only > mode (the default) if you already have data on the drive but if the drive > is blank using write mode will get you a more thorough test. >
OK 1. family photos to DVD 2. confirm good copies of photos 3. badblocks R/O bye bye weekend. but those pix are too important to wave in the breeze any longer. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
