Re: Hard drive testing

Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> I have been running SuSE 9.1 for a couple of months. Every few weeks, the 
> machine freezes up, responding only to the hardware reset button. Some time 
> back, someone recommended that I test the hard drive. What program(s) do 
> folks use for thorough testing of a hard drive? I'm willing to back up the 
> small amount of data on this machine, and don't mind reinstalling the OS, so 
> a test that wants to write over everything is OK.
> 

badblocks

-John