Me too,
but I have to wait for a SMART long self-test to complete on a new 500Gb HDD.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 29 May 2009, 0:25, archived)

What time did you start that off?

( Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Fri 29 May 2009, 0:26, archived)

about half an hour ago.
Bad foresight, really. Typical of me.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 29 May 2009, 0:27, archived)

Night time is always a bad time to start that kind of thing.
It always seems to take an age.
( Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Fri 29 May 2009, 0:28, archived)

Why would you do that? Do you suspect a fault?

( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Fri 29 May 2009, 0:28, archived)

I always suspect a fault on a new HDD.
Better safe than sorry.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 29 May 2009, 0:29, archived)

It'd be quicker to run something like the SiSoft SANDRA hard drive performance test.
You could run it at least 5 times and still be quicker than the long SMART test. It would also show up failures that might otherwise take a few days of use to surface. It also lists the SMART data, so you can see if you're getting any bad sectors between runs.
( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Fri 29 May 2009, 0:44, archived)

Can you get that for Linux?

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 29 May 2009, 0:47, archived)

Probably not.
You must surely have a Windows box sat about somewhere though?
( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Fri 29 May 2009, 0:53, archived)