On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote:
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..
Is smartctl available on Linux/Sparc? I know it is available in most distros and also works on Solaris/Sparc.. If your disks are recent enough and smartctl is available on Linux/Sparc, you could ask them to perform the smartctl selftests and report their S.M.A.R.T status...? Most modern/post-36Gb disks have S.M.A.R.T, i think...
I hope this helps.. -- ,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-, Vincent S. Cojot, Computer Engineering. STEP project. _.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Comite Micro-Informatique. _.,-*~'`^`'~*-,. Linux Xview/OpenLook resources page _.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~' http://step.polymtl.ca/~coyote _.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._ coyote@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx They cannot scare me with their empty spaces Between stars - on stars where no human race is I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places. - Robert Frost
