[mythtv-users] OT: Linux hard drive utilities

[David Rees]

On 3/13/07, Jason McMillon <jmcmillon at gmail.com> wrote:
> While I understand nobody can predict hard drive failure, does anybody have
> any favorite Linux hard drive utilities?

Look at the output of smartctl -a <drive>

I would also run a long self-test and check back later to make sure it
completed without error (see the smartctl man page for details, but I
think it's smartctl -t long <drive>).

-Dave