From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 7 10:25:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5368B106564A for ; Sun, 7 Jun 2009 10:25:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp105.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp105.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F0BBE8FC08 for ; Sun, 7 Jun 2009 10:25:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 87374 invoked from network); 7 Jun 2009 10:25:08 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:X-Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=ALcMOfUVIJCjEETRIwnRqMmhcMY3Dux8I77KXwyt1hVxJhrjkShZqP0/GNxFazX4GasN9BPKfmZ50OfMgyOnhP3t138Yyv+SCvkZz4ykwtgd4DCkF2ZA9oqj7XxshRzoeF0WJojcQFTZ65lksDbnvZ4+ODpUsWYXpJjDfRdZSR4= ; Received: from c-76-23-177-172.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@76.23.177.172 with login) by smtp105.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 07 Jun 2009 03:25:08 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: 3vvcKVYVM1kz8QHW7_.1a5gqvZlV4fplFtcVPoOlmIS_XYYkm.lmkzV.yWSSxHyNNicOKGaahb2XPIHQLb7wQRiQ_SC6soUv60XxEd7gapdN2h9YAKz8ly2G.nRufDM6PwEkKS.3vF4sycUIKAhgei_VI7dXJ1BLNYVxOJ8q.xRKyvhh.wCRLEzv4JJwQXYNz8MPXQBa310LNlIzwAxXRmBampbsnQ9ufcjiV3HgaIEd1svo4tz1zda2yFXLt6GFbuYXE96iDOOJGAuoTR4lhr5MwESQ8a3xvK6sCuylT0ogfiyw83t3jo2FYjkll4PGmYY7aG1JvU.D3TBluYYxp8_5GlFDISXvDIU2zQYWAjE- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 06:24:56 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090607062456.1c6e8569@scorpio> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.2; i386-portbld-freebsd6.4) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/oDvGJi05KodtHsHWnf=UNUO"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Subject: Re: please recommend a disk-exercising program? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:25:09 -0000 --Sig_/oDvGJi05KodtHsHWnf=UNUO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 7 Jun 2009 10:43:40 +0100 "John ." wrote: >Hello list, > >Can anyone please recommend to me a program that will stress-test a >disk? If it matters, two are connected by firewire, another via usb. >Filesystem is ufs. I think I have a disk that might be about to fail, >but it only sometimes errors when under stress. I need to see if it >was a fluke or to really make it fail, so that I can get rid of it. > >thanks The best one I know of is SpinRite . I have actually used it to rebuild disks that I was told by professional technicians were beyond hope. Of course, it is not free, so you might not be interested. One feature I like about it is that it creates its own start-up disk. It is totally system independent. --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com Absence makes the heart forget. --Sig_/oDvGJi05KodtHsHWnf=UNUO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkorlYIACgkQBvaKIJWWCO3IVQCdF9dpXdcw7MQgHogcrreFIzOK SFwAn32hiMK1l2FRCk5MGUm3Y725FKXE =St+a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/oDvGJi05KodtHsHWnf=UNUO--