Subject: Re: Checking disk
To: Guy Gershoni <guyg@insect.sd.monash.edu.au>
From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 07/20/1998 22:43:22
dd if=/dev/rsdNc of=/dev/null bs=8k

for a read test...

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsdNc bs=8k

for a (destructive) write test.







On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Guy Gershoni wrote:

> I picked up a sparc classic at an auction with no documentation and
> software.  I have managed to install netbsd on it without too much
> trouble.  I am just wondering if there is any way for me to check the disk
> integrity (i.e. bad sectors).  I do not have access to Solaris or SunOS.
> 
> Yours Computationally,
> 			Master Guy Gershoni Esq.
>