Re: [PLUG] Hardware monitoring

["Mark M. Hoffman" <mhoffman@lightlink.com>]

Hi Eric:

* eric@lucii.org <eric@lucii.org> [2005-02-10 11:56:09 -0500]:
> I had a rude shock when I went to check my hard drives with SpinRite.
> It told me that a drive was overheating (57 degrees C) and it figured 
> it out from SMART.  Is there a linux tool that allows me to monitor
> this same information so I can see if the added fan is doing the 
> trick?

You are looking for smartmontools...

http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

(If you are using RedHat or Fedora Core, this is part of the kernel-utils
RPM.  I have no idea why they figure it doesn't warrant its own.)

Also BTW: notice the title of the next PLUG presentation... ;)

http://www.phillylinux.org/meetings.html

Regards,

-- 
Mark M. Hoffman
mhoffman@lightlink.com

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