linux-kernel - Re: Command-line tools for stress-testing SATA hard disks (and libata)

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Message-ID: <4828C607.9020107@gmx.de>
Date:	Tue, 13 May 2008 00:34:47 +0200
From:	Dieter Ries <clip3@....de>
To:	kakadu84@...cast.net
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Command-line tools for stress-testing SATA hard disks (and libata)

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
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