On Thursday 19 October 2006 08:30, Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote: > Onsdag 18 oktober 2006 23:59, skrev Chris Newport: > > Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote: > > >This might be offtopic, but I'm not sure where else to ask.. > > > > > >I'm in the need of some disk diagnostic software for sparc (like the > > > ones vendors supply for x86), anyone with knowledge of availability of > > > such? > > > > The solaris format command has plenty of diagnostic options, some are > > non-destructive. > > > > man format is your friend. > > okay, so that would require solaris then, no such thing available here( ;) > > Oh well, I guess that I could just put it in a x86 box and run diagnostics > there if nothing else, less hazzle than installing solaris at least.. Format is available on the solaris install discs, you can simply boot from cdrom, tell the installer to quit instead of partitioning, then run format from the terminal window and when finished, reboot into your regular OS. hgg - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
