From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 20 02:06:54 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 D408A16A417 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:06:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: from smtp114.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp114.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 70FF913C483 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:06:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: (qmail 47417 invoked from network); 20 Sep 2007 02:06:53 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=prodigy.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:In-Reply-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Message-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:From:Subject:Date:To:X-Mailer; b=MgAA0uE9Zf1LkpL5yQukfXK88HNa1Su/xfNRxGxlTP7R9XIRjI04y/8HJhhXaxrv26BqITk4etCnKSBtBOSzufBNj8QFCDTLMXib21fh+AZn4e0BcFq2hmq3FFTrFsPWl957IoIDswKs9ailnfROOPib9e9XskKmimDE7WCT+j0= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?75.7.236.228?) (jekillen@prodigy.net@75.7.236.228 with plain) by smtp114.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Sep 2007 02:06:52 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: PjjjFpIVM1nV6R0ON6oQIkhx__J896yHAqhCOZDGAZcP3LrkNHh1nVVHjbsNOZM3UtztNhfia0dUq8ZaVkdPc1.3VgAsEW6UGjXeAMHVk2gjZkh4FMA- In-Reply-To: <46F1C7D1.1000804@xxiii.com> References: <7f28909c2f575ccd98796e2af18d4e05@prodigy.net> <6.0.0.22.2.20070919194836.02689a78@mail.computinginnovations.com> <46F1C7D1.1000804@xxiii.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <176fd4fb189c8945992f91a24bb745b5@prodigy.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: jekillen Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:23:58 -0700 To: Rob X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List 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 02:06:54 -0000 On Sep 19, 2007, at 6:07 PM, Rob wrote: > 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 > Thanks for both these responses. JK