[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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