<div>On 9/15/06, Jim Kronebusch <<a href="mailto:jim@winonacotter.org">jim@winonacotter.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Does anyone have any good suggestions on a linux disk utility? I just had a 300GB SCSI in my Dell PowerVault blink out. I booted into the SCSI BIOS and it said the drive had failed and was offline. However when I got drive info from the utility it said the drive was fine. So I forced it back online and</blockquote><div> Look at /var/log/messages for scsi errors. I found settings the scsi bus to 320 (in the scsi bios) sometimes causes my drive to be kicked out of the array. Especially if you don't have a high quality scsi cable. So I set it to 160 and it's been rock solid. The only real way to test the drive is from the manufacturer utils that usually boot from a dos like floppy disk. Sometimes the BIOS will have a test util built in. </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">now I am sending email from the same server. The drives are still under warranty so I want to be sure I don't just let this go. I looked for something in Webmin to no avail. I would like something I can set crunching overnight and get a clean bill of health by morning. And from home my only access to this server is via Webmin or ssh. Thanks, Jim Kronebusch Cotter Tech Department 507-453-5188 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the Cotter Technology Department, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn </a> For more info see <<a href="http://www.k12os.org">http://www.k12os.org</a>> </blockquote></div> -- Robert Arkiletian Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada Fl_TeacherTool <a href="http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/">http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/</a> C++ GUI tutorial <a href="http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/">http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/ </a>