Torsdag 19 oktober 2006 10:50, skrev vincent@xxxxxxxxxx: > 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.. Yes, I've been looking into smarttools, but as far as I get it, it won't take care of fixing things at such a low level as reallocating spare sectors to replace bad sectors on disk, it refers to the use of 'badblocks' etc. on a file system level.. -- Regards, Per Øyvind Karlsen Mandriva - 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
