Re: HD surface check on an SGI o2

From: Walter Roberson (roberson_at_ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)
Date: 10/13/03

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    In article <3F8A6BF8.5080507@hotmail.com>,
    Syn <syn_NOSPAM_uw@hotmail.com> wrote:
    :I've got a harddisk which I would like to test to see if it hasn't too
    :much bad blocks for example. On Solaris I could do this booting on
    :solaris CD and then running the verify command in the format tool. Is
    :there any equivalent on SGI ? Like booting on the instal CD and running
    :a command to analyze the disks surface ?

    In IRIX, you can do it "live". Use the program 'fx'. For read-only
    tests, you do NOT need fx's "extended options". Once in fx,
    give the command exercise and use whatever of the subcommands
    you want from there... most likely sequential for your purposes. 

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