[wplug] Help with an investigating some unknown disk activity.
John Lewis
oflameo2 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 3 22:44:28 EST 2014
You should try running bad blocks on the disk.
Try 'badblocks -sv /dev/sda'.
On 12/03/2014 08:53 PM, Terence J. Golighlty wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am experiencing periodic disk activity that I cannot determine what is
> actually happening. I have had kept an eye on logs, run sar. But it
> only tells me (FWICT) when a disk read/write occurs. So what utility can
> I use to narrow down what my HDD is doing during these occasions when it
> sounds like its an engine idling up and down for about 5 to 10 seconds
> and nothing for... a minute or so?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Terry Golightly
> WPLUG for EONS!
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