From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 20 01:07:19 2007 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 8E75916A417 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:07:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from r17fbsd@xxiii.com) Received: from cartman.xxiii.com (cartman.xxiii.com [208.62.177.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10B0D13C4F6 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:07:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from r17fbsd@xxiii.com) Received: from [192.168.1.23] (cartman.xxiii.com [208.62.177.45]) by cartman.xxiii.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l8K17G1J078567 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:07:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from r17fbsd@xxiii.com) Message-ID: <46F1C7D1.1000804@xxiii.com> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:07:29 -0400 From: Rob User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 (Windows/20070809) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <7f28909c2f575ccd98796e2af18d4e05@prodigy.net> <6.0.0.22.2.20070919194836.02689a78@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070919194836.02689a78@mail.computinginnovations.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Hard drive RPM X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:07:19 -0000 Derek Ragona wrote: > Run the manufacturer's diagnostic utility to check the drives speed and > performance. Most of these utilities also give you the drive model and > serial number as well. Look for a self-booting version that is a cd-rom > ISO, these usually run FreeDOS to easily access the hardware from a > cd-rom boot image. I'd suggest the "Ultimate Boot CD" here: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ It's a bootable ISO image with all the major disk mfgr's diags and other good stuff, ready to go. -RW