[ale] Flaky system

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Tuesday 22 June 2004 08:37 am, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> I've got a RH9 system that has begun flaking out on me.  It is not Linux
> related because it does the same in Win98.  I beleive the HDD to be
> suspect.  Is there a way I can test this hdd to see if it is bad?

Get the smartmon tools.  It queries the disk drive to see what problems it has 
noticed.  Modern drives all keep track of this information.  It's very nice 
to detecting intermittent HD problems.

Michael