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From: Dieter Ries <clip3@gmx.de>
To: kakadu84@comcast.net
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Command-line tools for stress-testing SATA hard disks (and libata)
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 00:34:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4828C607.9020107@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4828C05E.1010201@comcast.net>

Hi,

Bradley Chapman schrieb:
> Can anyone here recommend a command-line disk benchmark or stress test 
> utility that doesn't need to be run in X (allowing me to test with 
> untainted kernels) and would be capable of producing a variety of I/O 
> access patterns that could trigger the errors I've seen during normal 
> usage? 

Why don't you just use the vesa driver and use your stress test utility 
in X?

> Brad

cu
	Dieter

      reply	other threads:[~2008-05-12 22:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-12 22:10 Command-line tools for stress-testing SATA hard disks (and libata) Bradley Chapman
2008-05-12 22:34 ` Dieter Ries [this message]

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