Tag Archives: Hard disk
Benchmark: How to know your Hard disk speed on Ubuntu in 4 clicks?
Recently I thought of testing the hard disk performance with hdparm command, which initiated to write about this graphical way of running Read Benchmark in just 3 mouse clicks with Disk Utility in Ubuntu. Disk Management in Ubuntu has become easy … Continue reading
Posted in HOW-TOs
Tagged benchmark, Disk Utility, Hard disk, Hard drive, Hardware, Linux, palimpset, performance, read, speed, Ubuntu
Leave a comment
Tools to find Computer hardware specification in Linux
Many times we are in need of knowing detailed Computer hardware configuration for various purposes such as to get right driver, debugging, to prepare system information report, etc. In linux many such tools are available in command line. Here I … Continue reading
Posted in Applications
Tagged Computer, Configuration, CPU, DMI table, dmidecode, Hard disk, Hardware, hwinfo, Linux, lshw, Memory, Motherboard, Report, Specification, USB
2 Comments
How-To: Remote Disk Management in Ubuntu made easy
Disk Management in Ubuntu has become easy with Palimpsest tool called Disk Utility. This application is capable of managing a remote machine disks also. It connects to remote machine through secure shell connection (SSH). Though this application is the default … Continue reading
Posted in HOW-TOs
Tagged command not found, Hard disk, Linux, palimpsest, remote, Ubuntu, udisks-tcp-bridge, Unexpected stderr output - expected, Waiting for secret
2 Comments
How to chroot Ubuntu using Live CD to fix GRUB rescue prompt
Recently I messed up GRUB boot loader in my laptop installed with Ubuntu which resulted in grub rescue prompt. So I had to boot Ubuntu Live CD to get it fixed. Thought of blogging it, may be useful for some … Continue reading
How to predict hard disk failure in Ubuntu with 3 clicks?
Hard disk is becoming crucial for our data storage in this digital age. We need sophisticated and simple to use tool to predict the failure and also to monitor the health status continuously. SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) is a standard … Continue reading
Posted in HOW-TOs
Tagged cheap hard disk, cheap hard drive, data recovery, Hard disk, Hard disk health, Hard drive, Hardware, HDD, Linux, palimpsest, prevent failure, SMART, Ubuntu
8 Comments
